Post-Truth, Polarization and Other Emotional Threats to Democracy
Why do emotions shape the arena of contemporary politics? Are post-truth and polarization the most powerful tools of the populist approach to politics? Do they pose a challenge to liberal democracy? How can we bring back rationality in public deliberation and political discourse? In this short paper...
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The University of Akureyri
2020-08-01
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| Series: | Nordicum-Mediterraneum |
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| Online Access: | https://nome.unak.is/wordpress/volume-15-no-2-2020/conference-proceedings/post-truth-polarization-and-other-emotional-threats-to-democracy/ |