Post-Truth and Political Discourse
In this book David Block draws on analytical techniques from Critical Discourse Studies to critically investigate truth, truths, the propagation of ignorance and post-truth. Focusing on corrupt discourses and agnotology, he explores the role of anti-intel
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David Block
Post-Truth and Political Discourse
David Block
Post-Truth and Political Discourse
David Block ICREA Departament d’Anglès i Lingüística Universitat de Lleida Lleida, Spain
ISBN 978-3-030-00496-5 ISBN 978-3-030-00497-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00497-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018954015 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Melisa Hasan This Palgrave Pivot imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Acknowledgements
I thank Carly Collins, Guy Cook, Giuliana Ferri, John Gray, John O’Regan, May Sabbagh, Jose Sánchez and Will Simpson for reading and commenting on earlier drafts of this book. The book has benefited greatly from their insights and suggestions, although they cannot be held responsible for the deficiencies that no doubt remain in the final product. Over the past 18 months, I have benefited greatly from the opportunities I have had to speak on the topic of post-truth to diverse audiences—in English, Catalan and Spanish—at the following venues: Universitat de Lleida (March 2017); Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona (April 2017); Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (May 2017); Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus (June 2017); l’Escola Europea d’Humanitats, Barcelona (October 2017); UCL Institute of Education, London (January 2018); Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (February 2018); Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (March 2018); and L’Ateneu, Barcelona (June 2018). I thank the organisers of these events—Enric Vicedo and Olga Martín Belloso (Univeristat de Lleida), Amado Alarcón (Universitat Rovira i Virgili), Santiago Zabala (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Josep Ramoneda (l’Escola Europea d
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