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A farewell to truth /
With Western cultures becoming more pluralistic, the question of ""truth"" in politics has become a game of interpretations. Today, we face the demise of the very idea of truth as an objective description of facts, though many have yet to acknowledge that this is changing. Gianni...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Italiano |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | With Western cultures becoming more pluralistic, the question of ""truth"" in politics has become a game of interpretations. Today, we face the demise of the very idea of truth as an objective description of facts, though many have yet to acknowledge that this is changing. Gianni Vattimo explicitly engages with the important consequences for democracy of our changing conception of politics and truth, such as a growing reluctance to ground politics in science, economics, and technology. Yet in Vattimo's conception, a farewell to truth can benefit democracy, exposing the unspoke. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxvi, 147 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-147). |
| ISBN: | 9780231527552 0231527551 |