Ideology in a post-truth world

Daly, G. (2018) Ideology in a post-truth world. Invited Presentation presented to: Politics and International Relations Research Symposium, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, 25 April 2018.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Invited Presentation)
Abstract:	Is it still meaningful to speak of ideology in a post-truth world? If so, how does it operate? The paper begins with a discussion of the controversial topic of the veil and argues that ideology functions as its own kind of veil in reproducing the idea of the Other as a figure that is concealing a disturbing excess. Drawing on Hegelian and psychoanalytic thought, it then moves to a consideration of ideology’s ambiguous framing of Otherness and antagonism as reflected in such events as the liberal scandal over Lee Harper’s Go Set a Watchman and the recent responses to the 2017 New Year’s Eve assaults in Cologne. Finally the paper explores the emergence of Trump as a new type of figure that is indicative of the way in which ideology sustains itself through fake antagonism and the (regulated) violation of its implicit rules.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Ideology, antagonism, distortion, Laclau, Hegel, Zizek, post-truth, Trump
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General) > JA71 Theory. Relations to other subjects
Creators:	Daly, Glyn
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:	University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Business & Law > Economics, International Development, International Relations & Politics Faculties > Faculty of Business & Law > Economics, Intl Relations & Development
Date:	25 April 2018
Date Type:	Publication
Event Title:	Politics and International Relations Research Symposium
Event Dates:	25 April 2018
Event Location:	Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
Event Type:	Workshop
Language:	English
Status:	Published / Disseminated
Refereed:	No
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URI:	http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/10374

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