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Acknowledgements |
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Contents |
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Chapter 1 Introduction |
10 |
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Abstract |
10 |
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1.1 Structure of the Book |
14 |
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References |
17 |
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Chapter 2 Post-truth: The Condition of Our Times |
18 |
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Abstract |
18 |
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2.1 Post-truth as Co-created Fiction |
19 |
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2.2 It Is True Because We Want It to Be True |
31 |
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2.3 From Information to Experience |
42 |
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References |
51 |
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Chapter 3 Enabling Post-truth: Mediatisation and Affect |
59 |
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Abstract |
59 |
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3.1 Answering the Question: What Is Mediatisation |
61 |
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3.2 Mediatised Affective Capacity: A Spinozist Theory |
75 |
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References |
88 |
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Chapter 4 Making the Theory Political |
94 |
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Abstract |
94 |
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4.1 Living to Tell the Tale |
96 |
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4.2 The Pleasure of Hegemony |
110 |
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References |
123 |
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Chapter 5 Conclusion: For Unto Us Post-truth Is Born |
129 |
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Abstract |
129 |
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References |
136 |
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Index |
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