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Critically re-examines canonical theories of biopolitics in the post-truth context
Argues for a positive role of truth-telling in the democratisation of biopolitical governance
Undertakes a genealogical investigation of the origins of the contemporary post-truth regime in early post-communist politics
Puts forward an innovative theory of the speech act of truth-telling in democratic biopolitics
Draws on familiar examples from contemporary politics such as Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Greta Thunberg and Brexit
What makes post-truth politics so difficult to resist is its apparently democratic character that claims to challenge bureaucratic depoliticisation, the rule of experts and the disappearance of alternatives to the hegemonic policy. Sergei Prozorov refutes this interpretation, arguing that the post-truth ideology leads to the degradation of the public sphere that is essential to democratic governance. Rather than enable resistance to expertise-based biopolitical governmentalities, truth denialism dissolves the only framework where their contestation and transformation could take place. In contrast, Biopolitics after Truth argues for a positive role of truth-telling in the democratisation of biopolitical governance.
Contents
Introduction: The Word of the YearAgrippina: Post-Truth Avant la LettreOutline of the Argument
1. The Regime of EquivalenceDiagnosis: There Are Only Bodies and LanguagesDefinition: Post-Proof, Post-Shame, Post-ConsensusRegime: Equivalence Vs EqualityContrast: Post-Truth Politics or Truth Politics?Paradigm: the Spread
2. Subject to TruthFoucault: Why Is There Truth?Truth As a Procedure of Subjectivation: Foucault and BadiouAgamben: from Oaths to Tweets
3. The Russification of the WestVladimir Zhirinovsky: the Rise of Postcommunist TrollingPara-Soviet Practices in the Post-Soviet EraWhere Meaning Runs DeepThe Epistemology of ConspiracismWhy So Serious?Globalising Post-Truth: How to Wash It All Away in the WestPussy Riot: How to Speak in a Non-Equivalent Manner
4. The Truth Won't Tell ItselfParrhesia: Disobedient DiscourseThe (Bio)Power of the PowerlessTruth As ForceGreta Thunberg: How to Follow the ScienceEquality, Equivalence and Democratic Life
Coda: On Error
