Player's Guide to the Post-Truth Condition: The Name of the Game

The book "A Players Guide to the Post-Truth Condition: The Name of the Game" explores the opportunities for innovation and change in our post-truth environment by leveraging our deep historical and philosophical roots. It encourages us to see post-truth as a realm of 'fake news and 'bullshit' rather than a threat to the established order, and proposes that we can overturn it by exercising 'modal power' to manipulate what people think is possible.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 140 pages
Publication date: 20 November 2020
Publisher: Anthem Press

A Players Guide to the Post-Truth Condition: The Name of the Game

The book "A Players Guide to the Post-Truth Condition: The Name of the Game" presents sixteen short, readable chapters designed to leverage our post-truth conditions' deep historical and philosophical roots into opportunities for unprecedented innovation and change. Author David Fuller offers a bracing, proactive, and hopeful vision against the tendency to demonize post-truth as the realm of 'fake news and 'bullshit. Where others see threats to the established order, Fuller sees opportunities to overturn it. This theme is pursued across many domains, including politics, religion, the economy, the law, public relations, journalism, the performing arts, and academia, not least academic science. The red thread running through Fuller's treatment is that these domains are games that cannot be easily won unless one can determine the terms of engagement, which is to say, the 'name of the game. This involves the exercise of 'modal power, which is the capacity to manipulate what people think is possible. Once the 'necessarily true appears to be only 'contingently so, then the future suddenly becomes a more open space for action. This was what frightened Plato about the alternative realities persuasively portrayed by playwrights in ancient Athens. Nevertheless, Fuller believes that it should be embraced by denizens of today's post-truth condition.

Fuller argues that post-truth is not just a modern phenomenon but has deep historical and philosophical roots. He explores how post-truth conditions have emerged in response to the challenges of modernity, such as the rapid pace of change, the proliferation of information, and the erosion of trust in institutions. He also examines the philosophical implications of post-truth, such as the idea that truth is relative and that there is no universal standard of truth.

Fuller offers a proactive and hopeful vision for navigating the post-truth condition. He argues that we can leverage our post-truth conditions' historical and philosophical roots into opportunities for innovation and change. He suggests that we can create new games that are more open and inclusive, that involve more collaboration and dialogue, and that are more aligned with our values and aspirations.

Fuller also challenges the tendency to demonize post-truth as the realm of 'fake news and 'bullshit. He argues that post-truth is not just a threat to our democracy but also an opportunity to rethink our political system and our relationship to the truth. He suggests that we can create new institutions and practices that are more accountable, transparent, and responsive to the needs of the people.

Fuller's treatment of post-truth is interdisciplinary, drawing on insights from a range of fields, including politics, philosophy, psychology, and sociology. He uses case studies and examples from a variety of domains to illustrate his points and to demonstrate how post-truth conditions can be leveraged into opportunities for innovation and change.

In conclusion, "A Players Guide to the Post-Truth Condition: The Name of the Game" presents a compelling and hopeful vision for navigating the post-truth condition. Author David Fuller offers a proactive and hopeful vision for leveraging our post-truth conditions' deep historical and philosophical roots into opportunities for unprecedented innovation and change. He challenges the tendency to demonize post-truth and suggests that we can create new games that are more open, inclusive, and aligned with our values and aspirations. Fuller's treatment of post-truth is interdisciplinary, drawing on insights from a range of fields, and uses case studies and examples to illustrate his points. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding and navigating the post-truth condition.

Weight: 202g
Dimension: 139 x 216 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781785276040