The Post-factual Democracy

Vincent F. Hendricks and Mads Vestergaard
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Vincent F. Hendricks: University of Copenhagen
Mads Vestergaard: University of Copenhagen

Chapter Chapter 6 in Reality Lost, 2019, pp 103-117 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In 2016 “post-truth” was the word of the year in Oxford Dictionaries. Post-truth is defined as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief’.” Oxford attributed the nomination to the fact that post-truth went from a peripheral concept to exploding in popularity in 2016 pace the British vote on the EU leading to Brexit and with the American presidential election.

Keywords: Peripheral Concepts; American Presidential Election; Brexit; Shaping Public Opinion; British Voters (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-00813-0_6

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