Postmodernist premises applied to politics yield post-truth reality denial

Evidence

This soul searching on the left is completely ignored by those who are afraid that post-truth will now be laid at the feet of postmodernism, yet the pathway from science denial to full-blown reality denial itself seems undeniable. What would an application of postmodernism to post-truth politics look like? It looks a lot like the world we now inhabit: If there are really no facts and only interpretations, and if millions of Americans are ready to unthinkingly embrace your perspective, then why bother adhering to a rigid line that separates fact from fiction? — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 292

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The post-truth problem’s roots trace directly to academic postmodernism — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 241; Postmodernism holds that truth claims are really bids for political power — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 248; Postmodern interpretive relativism, once applied to politics, licenses alternative facts — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 293 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Postmodern interpretive relativism, once applied to politics, licenses alternative facts #corroborates (0.95) — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 293
• Postmodern relativism enables Holocaust denial in the public sphere. #exemplifies (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 259
• Postmodernism treats consensus itself as an illusion produced by discourse #expands (0.80)
• Political discourse dissolves complexity into myth and suppresses causal understanding #complicates (0.72)