{"product_id":"biopolitics-after-truth-knowledge-power-and-democratic-life-paperback","title":"Biopolitics After Truth: Knowledge, Power and Democratic Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSergei Prozorov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes post-truth politics so difficult to resist is its apparently democratic character that claims to challenge bureaucratic depoliticisation, the rule of experts and the disappearance of alternatives to the hegemonic policy. Sergei Prozorov refutes this interpretation, arguing that the post-truth ideology leads to the degradation of the public sphere that is essential to democratic governance. Rather than enable resistance to expertise-based biopolitical governmentalities, truth denialism dissolves the only framework where their contestation and transformation could take place. In contrast, Biopolitics after Truth argues for a positive role of truth-telling in the democratisation of biopolitical governance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssessing the post-truth condition from a biopolitical perspective The rise of post-truth politics marks the most serious crisis of Western liberal democracy since the end of the Cold War. The decline of trust in expert knowledge and mainstream media, the rise of social media devoid of a gatekeeping function and the growth of covert external interference in electoral processes have led to fragmentation, polarization and destabilization of Western democratic systems. What makes post-truth politics so difficult to resist is its apparently democratic character that claims to challenge bureaucratic depoliticisation, the rule of experts and the disappearance of alternatives to the hegemonic policy. Biopolitics after Truth refutes this interpretation, arguing that the post-truth ideology leads to the degradation of the public sphere that is essential to democratic governance. Rather than enable resistance to expertise-based biopolitical governmentalities, truth denialism dissolves the only framework where their contestation and transformation could take place. In contrast, Biopolitics after Truth argues for a positive role of truth-telling in the democratization of biopolitical governance. Sergei Prozorov is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä. He is the author of Democratic Biopolitics (2019) and The Biopolitics of Stalinism (2016), also published by Edinburgh University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSergei Prozorov is Professor of Political Science at the University of Jyväskylä. He is the author of books including \u003ci\u003eThe Biopolitics of Stalinism\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eAgamben and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), also published by Edinburgh University Press. He has published over 30 articles in major international journals. His research interests include political philosophy, theories of democracy and totalitarianism, biopolitics and governance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 22, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42120136720519,"sku":"9781474485791","price":51.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b30c253f1e13b46bc4cbcfb2b2f6a444.webp?v=1732545403","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/biopolitics-after-truth-knowledge-power-and-democratic-life-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}