Towards an Understanding of Post-truth Politics

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Philosophy (MA) (60 EC)

Hayes, Bridget K. (2018)

Towards an Understanding of Post-truth Politics

Master thesis | Philosophy (MA) (60 EC)

The term post-truth politics has become increasingly popular and more frequently used since 2016, a time that has also coincided with Donald Trump becoming the president of the United States of America and of the growing global popularity of populist politics. To properly understand post-truth politics an analysis of political truths, lies, and bullshit are necessary, as is a broader investigation and analysis of society in general, specifically it’s media. This thesis seeks to investigate and analyse what post-truth politics exactly is and also answer whether or not such a term is describing a new political phenomenon, because if post-truth politics is not describing a new political phenomenon then the use of the term seems to be unjustified.