Truth and Lie in Network Politics: New democratic Risks
by Francesca Scamardella
pp. 246-265 Issue 12 (6,2) – July-December 2019 ISSN (online): 2539/2239 ISSN (print): 2389-8232 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14718/SoftPower.2019.6. 2.14
Abstract
The word post-truth can be referred to those circumstances in which emotions or personal opinions are stronger than objective facts in processes of making public opinion. This paper proposes a jus-philosophical discussion about the use of post-truth in politics, by analyzing its historical-conceptual genesis with the birth of post-modernism and through the technological global revolution, begun in the Eighties. The work also discusses post-truth by examining Hannah Arendt’s thesis who analyzed the category both analyzing the Pentagon Papers scandal and the Nazi-totalitarian movements.