Overview
- Posits that the impact of relativism extends far beyond the direct influence of relativism itself
- Argues for the dynamic of relativization and various positive and negative reactions to be taken into account of in a multisciplinary capacity
- Includes multidisciplinary contributions from across the social sciences
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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The Promise of Relativism
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Post-Truth as Social Condition and Truth-Game
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Steve Fuller is the Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology in the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. His research interests include the emergence of intellectual property in the information society, the interdisciplinary challenges in the natural and social sciences, the political and epistemological consequences of the new biology, science and religion, the future of humanity.
Ulf Zackariasson is Associate Professor in Philospohy of Religion at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. His research interests include American pragmatism (both classical pragmatism and neopragmatism) and the possibilities it offers approaching philosophical problems that are brought about by the human phenomenon of religion, such as questions about the role of religion in the public sphere, religious experience and moral criticism of religion.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Relativism and Post-Truth in Contemporary Society
Book Subtitle: Possibilities and Challenges
Editors: Mikael Stenmark, Steve Fuller, Ulf Zackariasson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96559-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96558-1Published: 26 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07214-8Published: 31 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96559-8Published: 17 September 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 199
Topics: Social Philosophy, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Postmodern Philosophy