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Abstract

This panel explores how populist political communication navigates and manipulates the boundaries between truth and deception in the context of post-truth politics. Combining theoretical and empirical approaches, the papers examine the rhetorical and ideological strategies used to contest epistemic authority. Case studies include Britain’s libertarian “dark network” and a philosophical engagement with Arendt and Ricoeur, offering insights into how populism reconfigures norms of truth, critique, and democratic discourse.

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Britain’s libertarian “Dark Network”: The Battle of Ideas, Spiked and public health	View Paper Details
Between common-sense and critique: thinking post-truth politics with Arendt and Ricoeur	View Paper Details