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The divide : how fanatical certitude is destroying democracy / Taylor Dotson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dotson, Taylor, author.
- Series:
- The MIT Press
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Democracy.
- Truthfulness and falsehood--Political aspects.
- Truthfulness and falsehood.
- Fanaticism--Political aspects.
- Fanaticism.
- Polarization (Social sciences).
- Communication in politics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "A highly readable and punchy roadmap that ordinary citizens and policymakers alike can use to begin rethinking and refashioning their political interactions to be more productive"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. If the Truth is on Your Side . . .
- Truth and Democracy
- Is (Post)Truth the Enemy of Democracy?
- An Outline
- Whither Democracy?
- 2. The Facts
- The Politicizing of Science
- Scientizing Politics
- Governance and Expertise
- 3. Common Sense
- Common Sense in Political Talk
- Populism: "The People" and Democracy
- Common Sense, Populism, and Democratic Pluralism
- 4. Other Truth Narratives
- Nature versus the Facts
- Progress and Its Critics
- The Economy
- The Ghost of Thomas Hobbes
- 5. Democratic Political Talk
- Toward Democracy-Enhancing Discourse
- The Bounds of Knowledge
- The Importance of Experience
- Better Navigating Value Disagreement
- What Democratic Political Talk Is Not
- When Is Fanaticism Appropriate?
- 6. Reconstructing Democracy
- Making Policy Making More Plural
- A Less Antagonistic Media Landscape
- Toward a More Pluralistic Public Sphere
- Whiteness and Other Racial "Truths"
- 7. The Democratic Society and Its Enemies
- Advancements
- Limitations
- Democracy and the Open Society
- Notes
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-36599-5
- 0-262-36598-7
- 9780262365994
- OCLC:
- 1255632583
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