Speaking truth to power in a post-truth era

Multidimensional and intersectional justice

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ID2247883
AuthorsElizabeth F Drexler (0000-0002-0904-163X, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume36
Issue1
Pages4-6
Publication date2020-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropology Today (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0268-540X • E-ISSN: 1467-8322
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-8322.12550
OpenAlexW3005423918
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited14

Anthropologists have spoken truth to power in many different forms and cases for decades; nevertheless, the terrain of truth is shifting. How do young people understand the post-truth present and what does speaking truth to power look like in this era? How might anthropologists look, not simply at the production of knowledge, but at the reception of knowledge claims? What contributions can anthropologists make to forms of engagement and practice that are suited to the current moment? Shifting from a narrow focus on truth and facts, the author considers problems of emergent propaganda and affective responses to narratives and proposes a framework of multidimensional and intersectional justice

Economic Justice · Epistemology · Linguistics · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Post truth · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Truth telling · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Philosophy · Psychology

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