Routledge Handbook of Political Epistemology

Name: Routledge Handbook of Political Epistemology
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Routledge Handbook of Political EpistemologyAuthor(s): Michael Hannon, Jeroen de Ridder\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367345907, 978-0367345907\nSynopsis\nAs political discourse had been saturated with the ideas of \""post-truth\"", \""fake news\"", \""epistemic bubbles\"", and \""truth decay\"", it was no surprise that in 2017 The New Scientist declared: \""Philosophers of knowledge, your time has come.\"" Political epistemology has old roots, but is now one of the most rapidly growing and important areas of philosophy.\n\nThe Routledge Handbook of Political Epistemology is an outstanding reference source to this exciting field, and the first collection of its kind. Comprising 41 chapters by an international team of contributors, it is divided into seven parts:\n\nPolitics and truth: historical and contemporary perspectives\nPolitical disagreement and polarization\nFake news, propaganda, and misinformation\nIgnoran.