Post-truth politics and neoliberal competition: the social sources of dogmatic cynicism

IF 2.2 1区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

International Theory Pub Date : 2023-04-12 DOI:10.1017/s1752971923000040

Sebastian Schindler

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Abstract

From Trump's America to Putin's Russia, from climate change denial to corona denial, so-called post-truth politics are experiencing a global rise. How can we understand and explain this phenomenon? In the attempt to answer this question, this article advances two core claims. First, it suggests that post-truth politics is (despite its name) marked not only by the denial of claims to objective truth, but also by the naturalization of one specific truth claim: namely, the cynical belief that self-interests are behind all public discourse. Second, it locates the social sources of this dogmatic cynicism in the global expansion of neoliberal competition.

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后真相政治与新自由主义竞争:教条式犬儒主义的社会根源

从特朗普的美国到普京的俄罗斯，从否认气候变化到否认冠状病毒，所谓的后真相政治正在全球兴起。我们如何理解和解释这一现象?为了回答这个问题，本文提出了两个核心观点。首先，它表明后真相政治(尽管它的名字)不仅以否认客观真理的主张为特征，而且还以一种特定真理主张的归化为特征:即玩世不恭地认为，所有公共话语背后都有自身利益。其次，它将这种教条式犬儒主义的社会根源定位于新自由主义竞争的全球扩张。

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International Theory Multiple-

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