The regime of 'post-truth
Covid-19 and the politics of knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2928906 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helen Kwok (0000-0001-7840-5452, Griffith Institute for Educational Research, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, corresponding author), Henry Kwok, Parlo Singh (0000-0001-6757-2167, Griffith Institute for Educational Research, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia), Stephen Heiman (0000-0002-4573-9461, The University of Queensland) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 106-120 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01596306.2021.1965544 |
| OpenAlex | W3189533107 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 22 |
The emergence of ‘post-truth’ is often associated with the rise of conspiracy theories and the lack of trust in scientific knowledge. This article attempts to theorise the complex division of labour in this regime of ‘post-truth’, with reference to the COVID-19 pandemic/infodemic. First, we argue that the ‘post-truth’ condition mirrors what Foucault called the ‘will to truth’, and that this challenges the procedures and systems by which truth and knowledge are ordered. Second, through Basil Bernstein's extension of Foucault's work, we argue that the era of post-truth has two features regarding the condition of knowledge: (1) that conflicts in the field of knowledge recontextualisation, that is, the pedagogisation of knowledge, are becoming more intense and visible, and (2) that greater exposure to high-stakes, uncertain scientific knowledge, which grows at exponential rate, increases social anxieties and leads to biopoliticisation of neoliberal responsibilisation
Alethiology · Coherence theory of truth · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Post truth · Pragmatic theory of truth · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Computer Science · Digital Education and Society · Law · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Philosophy · Political Theology and Sovereignty
Distrusting Consensus
Biomedical technocracy, the networked public sphere and the biopolitics of Covid-19
Religiosity and beliefs in medical conspiracy theories in 37 European countries during the Covid-19 pandemic
Biopolitical Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Russia, France, Germany, and the UK
Covid-19, leisure, and inequalities
Unearthing the coloniality of neoliberalised curricular discourses to promote a public orientation towards secondary science education
Towards becoming a minor intellectual
The convergence of late neoliberalism and post-pandemic scientific optimism in the configuration of scientistic learnification
Health, hygiene, and the formation of school subjects
The regime of 'post-truth
Who is watching the World Health Organisation? 'Post-truth' moments beyond infodemic research
Post-Truth
The Birth of the Clinic
Michel Foucault
Post-truth
Neoliberal governance and ‘responsibilization’ of agents
Plague, Panopticon, Police
Negotiating curriculum change in the French university
Performativity and pedagogising knowledge
Pedagogising the university
Trolling ourselves to death? Social media and post-truth politics
Pedagogising Knowledge
Pedagogy, Identity and the Construction of a Theory of Symbolic Control
Governmentality
The uneducated and the politics of knowing in 'post truth' times
The regime of 'post-truth
Ideology, rationality and reproduction in education
The responsibilisation of teachers
Covid-19/Sociology
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |