Journal Article10.1080/08913811.2023.2240148
Post-Trust, Not Post-Truth
Ward E. Jones
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TL;DR: Post-truth is synonymous with post-trust, where public opinion and policymaking are corrupted by false and biased beliefs.
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Abstract: ABSTRACT The neologism post-truth is commonly used to characterize a polity in which false and biased beliefs have corrupted public opinion and policymaking. Simplifying and broadening our use of the adjective beyond its current narrow meaning could make post-truth a useful addition to the lexicons of history, politics, and philosophy. Its current use, however, is unhelpful and distracting (at best), and experienced as demeaning and humiliating (at worst). Contemporary polities are better characterized as post-trust. A polity becames post-trust when testimony from either a community of knowledge workers or a social group of complainants—such as women who give testimony of sexual assault—loses influence upon public opinion and policymaking.
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