Print Book Cover image
Title How to save politics in a post-truth era : thinking through difficult times / Ilan Zvi Baron.
Author Baron, Ilan Zvi, 1978- author.
Publisher Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.


Status Loan Type Location Shelf-mark
 In Library  Standard  Library Level 6 Annexe  Politics B337 BAR  

More Details

Description xii, 230 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN 9781526126825 hardback
9781526126849 paperback
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [206]-222) and index.
Contents The end of politics -- Unlearning how we think -- Making sense of the results -- Saving politics.
Summary "The rise of populism, Donald Trump's election and the result of the EU referendum in the UK have been widely interpreted as a rejection of the post-war liberal order - the manifestation of a desire to undermine the political system that people feel has let them down. Yet mainstream politicians and analysts have been slow to grasp the changing situation, instead relying on a rhetoric of 'hard data' and narrow economic arguments while failing to properly engage with the politics of identity. This book argues that the relationship between methodology and politics is now more important than ever - that politics, if it is anything, is about engaging with people's interpretations and narratives of the world in which they find themselves. Politics in this new 'post-truth' era will require an appreciation of the fact we live in an uncertain world of endless diversity and potential for change. This thoughtful book addresses how we might think about and do politics in these strange new times."-- Provided by publisher.
Library Class Politics B337
Subject Political culture.
World politics -- 21st century.

Permanent link to record