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Author:   Jeremy Elkins ,  Andrew Norris
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Imprint:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9780812243796

ISBN 10:   081224379
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   10 February 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction —Jeremy Elkins and Andrew Norris From Nobel Lecture: Art, Truth, and Politics —Harold Pinter PART I. OPINION AND AGREEMENT Chapter 1. Concerning Practices of Truth —Jeremy Elkins Chapter 2. Truth and Politics —Linda M. G. Zerilli Chapter 3. Truth and Disagreement —Robert Post Chapter 4. Speaking Power to Truth —Wendy Brown PART II. AUTHORITY AND JUSTIFICATION Chapter 5. Cynicism, Skepticism, and the Politics of Truth —Andrew Norris Chapter 6. Democracy as a Space of Reasons —Michael P. Lynch Chapter 7. Truth and Democracy: Theme and Variations —William A. Galston Chapter 8. On Truth and Democracy, Hermeneutic Responses —David Couzens Hoy Chapter 9. Too Soon for the Counterreformation —Jane Bennett Chapter 10. Response to Norris, Lynch, and Galston —Martin Jay PART III. DECISION AND DELIBERATION Chapter 11. Democracy and the Love of Truth —Bernard Yack Chapter 12. J. S. Mill on Truth, Liberty, and Democracy —Frederick Rosen Chapter 13. Can This Marriage Be Saved? The Relationship of Democracy and Truth —Rogers M. Smith Chapter 14. Democratic Politics and the Lovers of Truth —Nadia Urbinati PART IV. TRUTH AND PUBLIC REASONS Chapter 15. Truth and Public Reason —Joshua Cohen Chapter 16. The Truth in Political Liberation —David Estlund Chapter 17. Truth at the Door of Public Reason: Response to Cohen and Estlund —Josiah Ober Chapter 18. Just Gimme Some Truth: A Pragmatist Proposal —Robert Westbrook List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments

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""A welcome contribution to the ongoing debates in political theory regarding the troubled relationship of truth and politics. The contributors to Truth and Democracy are theorists who have serious and deep concerns with the subject and are struggling mightily with the paradoxes and conundrums they are presented with."" * Thomas L. Dumm, Amherst College * ""Truth and Democracy explores an important set of questions: Can truth be set aside or rejected in politics? If truth is to be considered, in what way should it matter and what significance would this have for democracy? The book contains strong work by a number of prominent scholars, and the alternation between extended reflection and critical reflection makes for a stimulating dynamic of engagement."" * Keith J. Bybee, Syracuse University *

"""A welcome contribution to the ongoing debates in political theory regarding the troubled relationship of truth and politics. The contributors to Truth and Democracy are theorists who have serious and deep concerns with the subject and are struggling mightily with the paradoxes and conundrums they are presented with."" * Thomas L. Dumm, Amherst College * ""Truth and Democracy explores an important set of questions: Can truth be set aside or rejected in politics? If truth is to be considered, in what way should it matter and what significance would this have for democracy? The book contains strong work by a number of prominent scholars, and the alternation between extended reflection and critical reflection makes for a stimulating dynamic of engagement."" * Keith J. Bybee, Syracuse University *"

A welcome contribution to the ongoing debates in political theory regarding the troubled relationship of truth and politics. The contributors to Truth and Democracy are theorists who have serious and deep concerns with the subject and are struggling mightily with the paradoxes and conundrums they are presented with. -Thomas L. Dumm, Amherst College Truth and Democracy explores an important set of questions: Can truth be set aside or rejected in politics? If truth is to be considered, in what way should it matter and what significance would this have for democracy? The book contains strong work by a number of prominent scholars, and the alternation between extended reflection and critical reflection makes for a stimulating dynamic of engagement. -Keith J. Bybee, Syracuse University

Author Information

Jeremy Elkins is Associate Professor of Political Science and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy at Bryn Mawr College. Andrew Norris is Associate Professor of Political Science and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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