Biopolitics after truth : knowledge, power and democratic life / Sergei Prozorov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prozorov, Sergei, author.

Series:

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biopolitics.

Democracy.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Sergei Prozorov contends that the post-truth ideology leads to the degradation of the public sphere that is essential to democratic governance. He argues instead for a positive role of truth-telling in the democratisation of biopolitical governance.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: The word of the year

1. The regime of equivalence

2. Subject to truth

3. The Russification of the West

4. The truth won’t tell itself

Coda: On error

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 10, 2022).

ISBN:

1-3995-0976-4

1-4744-8580-4

OCLC:

1289796765

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access