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  2. 1. Politics and Truth : Heidegger, Arendt and the Modern Political Lie

    Author : Anna-Karin Selberg; Sven-Olov Wallenstein; Cecilia Sjöholm; Peg Birmingham; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Post-truth; alternative facts; modern political lie; totalitarianism; Heidegger; Arendt; truth; politics; image-making; myth; art; facts; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory;

    Abstract : In 2016, the Oxford Dictionary named “post-truth” the word of the year. In the ongoing debate about post-truth it is generally assumed that facts and truth have ceased to be relevant to politics. READ MORE

  4. 2. L'Etat, c'est pas moi : Reframing citizenship(s) in the Baltic republics

    Author : Olivier Danjoux; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; consensus; language; ethnicity; culture; urbanity; time; exogamy; post-communism; communism; totalitarianism; Soviet Union; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Baltic; citizenship; nation; conflict; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Abstract : This book speaks to readers with a particular interest in the Baltic states as well as to those with a broader interest in post-communist democratization and citizenship. The notion of citizenship has not been prominent in academic perspectives on post-communism. This study aims at bringing citizenship back into these perspectives. READ MORE

  5. 3. Speaking Other Times : Hannah Arendt and the Temporality of Politics

    Author : Frida Buhre; Ann Öhrberg; Patrik Mehrens; Peg Birmingham; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Rhetorical Theory; Hannah Arendt; Temporality; Political Imaginaries; Continental Philosophy; Rhetoric; Retorik; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : Political rhetoric frequently utilizes imaginaries of time. Ideas of an eternally sanctioned principle, a historical tradition, a future to come, or a radical change in the present are all part of the temporal toolkit of political rhetoric. READ MORE

  6. 4. Ambiguity and the modern order: The Sathya Sai Baba movement in Malaysia

    Author : Alexandra Kent; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; Malaysia; Sathya Sai Baba; religious movement; modernity; politics;

    Abstract : This study examines the Malaysian following of the contemporary Indian godman Sathya Sai Baba, a neo-Hindu guru famed for his miracle-working. This religious innovation has broad appeal among non-Malays, but attempts to formalise and control it have evolved within a middle-class subsection of the Indian community. READ MORE