A Player's Guide to the Post-Truth Condition - Anthem Press

A Player's Guide to the Post-Truth Condition. The Name of the Game. By Steve Fuller. Key Issues in Modern Sociology. This book is a shorter ... 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Title:APlayer'sGuidetothePost-TruthCondition ISBN:9781785276057 YourInformation FirstName Pleaseenteravalidfirstname LastName Pleaseenteravalidlastname Institution PleaseenteravalidInstitution EmailAddress Pleaseenteravalidemail LibrarianInformation Name Pleaseenteralibrarianname Library Pleaseenteralibraryname EmailAddress Pleaseenteralibrarianemail Send AboutThisBook Reviews AuthorInformation Series TableofContents Links Podcasts AboutThisBook APlayer’sGuidetothePost-TruthCondition:TheNameoftheGamepresentssixteenshort,readablechaptersdesignedtoleverageourpost-truthcondition’sdeephistoricalandphilosophicalrootsintoopportunitiesforunprecedentedinnovationandchange.Fulleroffersabracing,proactiveandhopefulvisionagainstthetendencytodemonizepost-truthastherealmof‘fakenews’and‘bullshit’.Whereothersseethreatstotheestablishedorder,Fullerseesopportunitiestooverturnit.Thisthemeispursuedacrossmanydomains,includingpolitics,religion,theeconomy,thelaw,publicrelations,journalism,theperformingartsandacademia,notleastacademicscience.TheredthreadrunningthroughFuller’streatmentisthatthesedomainsaregamesthatcannotbeeasilywonunlessonecandeterminethetermsofengagement,whichistosay,the‘nameofthegame’.Thisinvolvestheexerciseof‘modalpower’,whichisthecapacitytomanipulatewhatpeoplethinkispossible.Oncethe‘necessarily’trueappearstobeonly‘contingently’so,thenthefuturesuddenlybecomesamoreopenspaceforaction.ThiswaswhatfrightenedPlatoaboutthealternativerealitiespersuasivelyportrayedbyplaywrightsinancientAthens.Nevertheless,Fullerbelievesthatitshouldbeembracedbydenizensoftoday’spost-truthcondition.  Thisbookisdesignedtodowhatitstitlesays,namely,toprovideaguidetothepost-truthconditionforthosewhowishtofeelathomeandthriveinit–ratherthansimplyavoidorattackit.Itconsistsofaseriesofshortchaptersthatarebestreadintheorderpresentedbutmayalsobereadinadifferentorderorsimplyinparts–asmostbooksarenormallyread.Thebookrangeswidelyacrossphilosophy,theology,science,politics,economics,psychologyandthearts–buthopefullyinawaythatallowsreaderstofindtheirbearings,giventheopportunitiespresentedbytheInternettofollowupwhatevermightinteresttheminthetext.Underlyingthisbreadthofscopeisafundamentalscepticismwith‘businessasusual’intheproductionandevaluationofknowledgeclaims.Tobesure,thereaderwillseethatpost-truthextendsmanyofthethemesalreadyfoundinwhatpassesfor‘postmodernism’.However,atadeeperlevel,andinlightoftheongoingCOVID-19pandemic,thepost-truthconditioninvitesustodiscoverinanewkeywhatithasalwaysmeanttobe‘modern’. Reviews “SteveFullerusestheconceptofgamingtounderstandthenatureofpost-truthandassertsthatoneoutcomeofthepost-truthconditionisthegamificationofreality.Heoffersanoriginal,wide-rangingandpreciseanalysisofcurrentposttruthconditions,whichenablesthemarketizationofeverythingandreplacespoliticswithperformanceandpublicrelations.”—GarethThompson,LondonCollegeofCommunication,UniversityoftheArtsLondon;AuthorofPost-TruthPublicRelations:CommunicationinanEraofDigitalDisinformationSteveFuller’sPostTruth:KnowledgeasaPowerGamepresentedaseriouschallengetocurrentconceptionsofobjectivity,theautonomyofscience,andtheroleofhighereducation.InAPlayer’sGuidetothePost-TruthCondition,heraisestheante.Bringinghisideasabout‘Protscience’tobearonsocialjusticemovements,Covid-19andBreitbartthroughameditationonfactsandvaluesfromPlatotoPopperandbeyond,thereaderisconfrontedwithinevitableexistentialdecisionsaboutwhatshevaluesmost.”—SharonRider,ProfessorofLogicandMetaphysics,UniversityofUppsala,Sweden“Fuller’sbreadthofscopeisstunningandhisauthenticityasaplayerunquestionable.He’snailedthepost-truthanti-regimeashavingademocraticheartatoddswithmonopolylicensesthatexpertsgrantedthemselvesanddoessoinfullawarenessthatnewfieldsofplaymustbedulyconstituted.”—FredD’Agostino,ProfessorEmeritusofHumanities,InstituteforAdvancedStudiesintheHumanities,UniversityofQueensland,Australia“Fullerundertakesafreshpositivecritiqueofthepost-truthconditionintheHegeliansenseofgraspingthe‘rationalgrain’ofthepost-truthasarealityworthyofexplanation–notapureobstaclethathastobedenied,overcomeorignored.Thepost-truthquestionsboththe‘one’wayandthe‘many’waystotruth.Thewholebookservesasa‘guideforanadvanceduser’,i.e.aninstructionforthosewhoresistusinganyinstructionsandchoosethegameoftheirown.”—IlyaKasavin,Chair,DepartmentofSocialEpistemology,InstituteofPhilosophy,RussianAcademyofSciencesAnauthorpodcastaboutthebookispostedonAcast;PodcastLink:https://shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/episodes/steve-fuller-on-the-post-truth-condition AuthorInformation SteveFullerisAugusteComteProfessorofSocialEpistemologyattheUniversityofWarwick,UK.  Series KeyIssuesinModernSociology TableofContents AWordtotheReader;Acknowledgements;Introduction:HowtoLearntoStopWorryingandLovethePost-TruthCondition;Post-TruthBreaksFreeofReason’sOwnSelf-ImposedChains;Post-TruthIsAboutFindingaGameOneCanWin;TheFateofTruth,ReasonandRealityinthePost-TruthCondition;Capitalism,ScientismandtheConstructionofValueinthePost-TruthCondition;PublicRelationsasPost-TruthPolitics,ortheMarketizationofEverything;TheNewYorkTimesGetsthePost-TruthTreatment;ScienceastheOfferThatCan’tBeRefusedinthePost-TruthCondition;WillExpertiseSurvivethePost-TruthCondition?;WillUniversitiesSurvivethePost-TruthCondition?;‘ResearchEthics’asPost-TruthPlayground;WhyIgnorance–notKnowledge–IstheKeytoJusticeinthePost-TruthCondition;APandemicSeenthroughaPost-TruthLens;ThinkingintheFourthOrder:TheRoleofMetalepsisinthePost-TruthCondition;ThePathfromFrancisBacon:AGenealogyofthePost-TruthCondition;Conclusion:HowtoPutYourselfinthePost-TruthFrameofMind;References;Index. 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