Public Intellectuals, Viral Modernity and the Problem of Truth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8404854 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael A Peters (0000-0002-1482-2975, Beijing Normal University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 557-573 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1005 • E-ISSN: 1467-8527 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00071005.2022.2141859 |
| OpenAlex | W4310153927 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 23 |
Public intellectuals today must be understood in relation to the concept of ‘viral modernity’, characterised by viral and open media and technologies of post-truth that reveal the dramatic transformations of the ‘public’, its forms and its future possibilities. The history, status and role of the public intellectual are constituted by both the network of law in liberal society and above all the primacy of the concept of freedom of expression. The task of public intellectuals was to define, analyse and protect these rights by speaking truth to power. Both Wittgenstein and Foucault as exemplary intellectuals distinguished themselves by problematising truth and showing that truth-telling is an aspect of self-transformation and the intellectual form of life
Epistemology · Expression (computer science) · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Public life · Public sphere · Relation (database) · Sociology · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Political Theology and Sovereignty
Analysis and Metaphysics
Neoliberal Governmentality
Pandemic Education and Viral Politics
The Humanist Bias in Western Philosophy and Education
Educational philosophies of self-cultivation
Wittgenstein/Foucault/anti-philosophy
The ethics of reading Wittgenstein
Post-marxism, humanism and (post)structuralism
On the epistemology of conspiracy
Education in a post-truth world
The structural transformation of the public sphere
Truth-telling as an Educational Practice of the Self
Writing the Self
Bio-informational capitalism
The Postmodern Condition
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |