The place of truth in the public sphere and politics has recently been shattered, as evidenced by rise concepts like “post-truth”. Severe concerns about being defenseless face masses embracing lies gave to fears that unchained democracy together with newest communication technologies threatens destruction rational sphere. This paper proposes a distinctly political approach challenges is facing....

“Post-truth” politics is often framed as a failure of the competition idea­s. Yet there are different ways thinking about ideas, with implications for way we understand its benefits and risks. The dominant framing ideas in terms marketplace, which, however, obscures can compete. Several theorists help us think through ideas. J. S. Mill, example, avoided metaphor market by focusing, instead, on ...

This article elucidates the latest developments in the 'politics of memory' regarding the military regime in Brazil. Only recently, I argue, has the Brazilian state abandoned its 'politics of si lence' and started to actively champion the memory of the left-wing 'resistance'. This new strategy climaxed in a governmenta l crisis over a historic plan to establish a National Truth Commission to in...

This brief commentary discusses a recent paper by Speed and Mannion that explores “The Rise of post truth populism in liberal democracies: challenges for health policy.” It considers their assertion that through meaningful democratic engagement in health policy, some of the risks brought about by an exclusionary populist politics can be mediated. With an overview of what participation means in ...

In an historical overview, this paper links to the paradox that the increasing scientification of politics leads to a politicisation of science. For a long time, scientists offered their capabilities as ‘speaking truth to power’. Since the beginning of the 1990s, this input has been transformed into an argumentative policy analysis. This reinvigorates political prudence as ‘making sense together’.