Recovering Truth
Religion, Journalism and Democracy in a Post-Truth Era
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To Name the Bigger Lie
Knowledge, Feeling, and Belief
Russia and the Religious Right
Truth In Journalism
Postmodernism, Post-Truth, and Democracy
Science, Anti-Science, and Democracy
The Truth Divide Grows Violent
Truth Is On The Ballot
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“Not Who We Are”: The January 6 Insurrection and the Post-Truth Politics of Denial
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
4:30 p.m.
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Many Americans who witnessed the events of January 6, 2021 voiced a reaction that quickly took hold across a political spectrum: “This is not who we are.” But such a view ignores the long history of racist vigilante violence that has shaped America since its founding. Historian Kathleen Belew examines January 6 in the context of the organized white power movement that began percolating into mainstream American politics well before the 2016 election of Donald J. Trump. Knowing and understanding our history, Belew contends, is the only path to a more democratic future.
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Additional reading
- Kakutani, Michiko. The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump (Tim Duggan Books, 2018).
- Long, D. Stephen. Truth Telling in a Post-Truth World (Wesley's Foundery Books, 2019).
- McIntyre, Lee. Post-Truth (The MIT Press, 2018).
- Snyder, Timothy. “The American Abyss.” The New York Times (January 9, 2021).