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Post-Truth and Political Discourse.
ISBN:
9783030004972
Title:
Post-Truth and Political Discourse.
Author:
Block, David.
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (136 pages)
Contents:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Abstract -- Opening Comments -- This Book: Content and Methodology -- A Caveat -- References -- Chapter 2 Post-Truth Ruminations -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Some Thoughts on the Notion of Truth -- Humbug, Bullshit, Lying and Misleadingness -- From Epistemology to Agnotology -- Climate Change in Tourism Management Studies -- Anti-expertism and Anti-intellectualism -- Emotions in Discussions of Post-Truth -- The Bubble Effect and Other Matters Related to the Social Media -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Political Discourses, Corrupt Discourses -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Post-Truth Politics -- The Manufacture of Consent -- Political Communication and Discourse -- Corruption, Discourses of Corruption, Corrupt Discourses -- A Lead-in to Telling Cases in Point: The Partido Popular -- From Boom to Corruption -- Defending the Indefensible -- The Corrupted Discourse of Maria Dolores de Cospedal: Part 1 -- The Corrupted Discourse of Maria Dolores de Cospedal: Part 2 -- The Courts Decide, PP Continues to Deny -- What Happened Next? -- The Enduring Appeal of the Topos of Equivalence -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Conclusion -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Post-Truth and Political Discourse: Issues Remaining -- References -- Correction to: Post-Truth and Political Discourse -- Correction to: D. Block, Post-Truth and Political Discourse, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00497-2 -- Appendix: Transcription Conventions -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Publication Date:
2018
Publication Information:
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Palgrave Macmillan UK,

2018.

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