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Post-Truth Politics as a Threat to Democracy

Post-Truth Politics as a Threat to Democracy

Kingsley Mbamara Sabastine
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781668441077|ISBN10: 1668441071|EISBN13: 9781668441091
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4107-7.ch012
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Sabastine, Kingsley Mbamara. "Post-Truth Politics as a Threat to Democracy." Handbook of Research on Connecting Philosophy, Media, and Development in Developing Countries, edited by Desmond Onyemechi Okocha, et al., IGI Global, 2022, pp. 172-187. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4107-7.ch012

APA

Sabastine, K. M. (2022). Post-Truth Politics as a Threat to Democracy. In D. Okocha, M. Onobe, & M. Alike (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Connecting Philosophy, Media, and Development in Developing Countries (pp. 172-187). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4107-7.ch012

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Sabastine, Kingsley Mbamara. "Post-Truth Politics as a Threat to Democracy." In Handbook of Research on Connecting Philosophy, Media, and Development in Developing Countries, edited by Desmond Onyemechi Okocha, Melchizedec J. Onobe, and Mirian Ngozi Alike, 172-187. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4107-7.ch012

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Abstract

Politics for long has been associated with mendacity, disinformation, manipulation, and at odds with the truth. In recent times, the term post-truth is used to further characterise politics, which implies a fresh phenomenon in the conflict between truth and politics. The chapter examines the concept of post-truth and post-truth politics. The chapter argues that the application of post-truth rhetoric in politics implies a novelty in politics and in the relationship between truth and politics which undermines democracy. It is arguable that post-truth condition negatively impacts individual ability to discriminate between what is true or false taking into consideration the volume of disinformation on the one hand and on the other hand the need to make informed decisions and choices without having to consult experts at the critical time that the stakes involved in such decisions and choices are urgent and crucial.

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