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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2023

David Ricci
David Ricci
Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Summary

This INTRODCTION shows how leaders (such as Vladimir Putin and Lyndon Johnson) often tell false stories about international affairs but lately have more and more disregarded truth (facts) in domestic policy talk while highlighting stories (like MAGA) instead. Yet truth telling is vital to democracy. Therefore, in post-truth America, political scientists should widen their disciplinary scope to pay more attention to stories than they do today. While doing so, they should (truthfully) criticize those stories within the guidelines of choosing, refraining, and dissembling (which will be explained more fully in later chapters).

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StoriesGlobal relationsThe domestic arenaThe epistemological crisisDemocracyClasses of storiesPolitical scienceScope and methodsPowerChoosingRefrainingDissembling
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Post-Truth American Politics
False Stories and Current Crises
 , pp. 1 - 20
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Getting Started
  • David Ricci, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book: Post-Truth American Politics
  • Online publication: 28 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009396479.001
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  • Getting Started
  • David Ricci, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book: Post-Truth American Politics
  • Online publication: 28 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009396479.001
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  • Getting Started
  • David Ricci, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book: Post-Truth American Politics
  • Online publication: 28 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009396479.001
Available formats
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