Truth and Democracy - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 081224379X ISBN 13 : 9780812243796

Editeur : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012

Synopsis

Political theorists Jeremy Elkins and Andrew Norris observe that American political culture is deeply ambivalent about truth. On the one hand, voices on both the left and right make confident appeals to the truth of claims about the status of the market in public life and the role of scientific evidence and argument in public life, human rights, and even religion. On the other hand, there is considerable anxiety that such appeals threaten individualism and political plurality. This anxiety, Elkins and Norris contend, has perhaps been greatest in the humanities and in political theory, where many have responded by either rejecting or neglecting the whole topic of truth.

The essays in this volume question whether democratic politics requires discussion of truth and, if so, how truth should matter to democratic politics. While individual essays approach the subject from different angles, the volume as a whole suggests that the character of our politics depends in part on what kinds of truthful inquiries it promotes and how it deals with various kinds of disputes about truth. The contributors to the volume, including prominent political and legal theorists, philosophers, and intellectual historians, argue that these are important political and not merely theoretical questions.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jeremy Elkins is Associate Professor of Political Science and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy at Bryn Mawr College. Andrew Norris is Associate Professor of Political Science and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 081224379X
• ISBN 13: 9780812243796
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 277
• Éditeur: Elkins Jeremy, Norris Andrew
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible