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" Post-truth and political discourse / "
David Block.
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859200
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Block, David,1956-
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Post-truth and political discourse /\ David Block.
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Cham, Switzerland :: Palgrave Macmillan,, [2019]
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Palgrave pivot
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1 online resource (vii, 130 pages)
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303000497X
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3030004961
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9783030004965
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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
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IntroductionPost-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
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Post-Truth and Political Discourse: Issues RemainingReferences; Appendix: Transcription Conventions; Index
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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-intellectualism, emotion and social media in the cultural creation, legitimisation and dissemination of ignorance. While encompassing analysis of discourses on Donald Trump, Brexit, climate change and the Alt-Right, Block furthers our understanding of this global phenomena by providing a revealing analysis of political communications relating to corruption scandals involving the Spanish conservative party. Through an innovative theoretical framework that combines critical discourse and discourse historical approaches with nuanced political analysis, he uncovers the rhetorical means by which esoteric truths and misleading narratives about corruption are created and demonstrates how they become, in their turn, corrupt discourses. This original work offers fresh insights for scholars of Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Politics, Cultural and Communication Studies, and will also appeal to general readers with an interest in political communication and Spanish politics.
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Political culture.
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Truthfulness and falsehood-- Political aspects.
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Political culture.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Truthfulness and falsehood-- Political aspects.
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306.2
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JA75.7.B56 2019
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