Pertinence des analyses arendtiennes à l’heure de la post-vérité
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https://doi.org/10.25180/lj.v28i1.405Keywords:
Hannah Arendt, post-truth era, events, politics, factual truth, rational truthAbstract
Following the analysis of the French philosopher Myriam Revault d’Allonnes, we use Arendt’s ideas to understand the use of lies in politics. More specifically, our goal is to analyze developments in political life—described as a transition toward what is known as the “post-truth era”—by relying on Hannah Arendt’s reflections on the use of lies in politics, and in particular on the distinction she draws between factual truth and rational truth. Through the philosopher’s lens, we focus on what is new about the contemporary use of lies in light of the history of philosophy (particularly her readings of Plato and Machiavel), what its potential consequences are, and what safeguards can prevent us from sinking into radical pessimism.
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