On Truth and Lies in a Pragmatic, Performative Sense (with my respects to Nietzsche) or why Reality Needs a Better PR Department.
– Medium
▻https://medium.com/@BiellaColeman/on-truth-and-lies-in-a-pragmatic-performative-sense-with-my-respects-to-niet
After all: anthropologists, along with their close kin in performance studies, have often been on the front lines of establishing and taking seriously categories of social fantasy, drama, and the powers of the “irrational” denigrated elsewhere in western academic traditions. But the stakes of the issue might be posed instead as a question: why should “democratic” politics be thought of as “above” the forces and powers of fantasy, enchantment, passionate sentiments, and drama when these characteristics are so fundamental to the workings of social life? The answer is they shouldn’t. And by insisting that the integrity of democratic institutions means civilizing and rationalizing them against these mystical forces, their reactionary powers might only be heightened.
#politique #journalisme #imaginaire
Evidemment, ayant écrit un livre sur le sujet, je suis un peu sensible à ses arguments
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