{"product_id":"thoughts-on-post-truth-politics-magical-thinking-9780904311501","title":"Thoughts on: Post-truth Politics \u0026 Magical Thinking","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey used to call it Satire, they now call it Fake News. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe difference is that we have forgotten how to laugh. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of essays exploring post-truth politics, the future of humanity, panarchy, conspiracy theories and such topics in the context of the current rise of magical thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMy Years of Magical Thinking \u003c\/em\u003ethe author suggested\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat we are entering an era of post-religious and post-scientific magical thinking. One consequence is a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edownplaying of the importance of truth - but not\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enecessarily a denial of truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOthers speak of a \"post truth\" society - is this the same thing? What does magical thinking put in place of truth? These essays explore some possible consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEdited from transcripts of videos on the author's \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003epopular YouTube channel. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDukes, Ramsey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Ramsey Dukes is a pen name for Lionel Snell. Lionel Snell earns a living as a promotional and ghost writer for ICT companies, explaining their difficult stuff in simple language for business to business communications. He enjoys far more explaining really difficult stuff, like magic, and has written about a dozen books under pseudonyms. He was brought up in the Gloucestershire CotswoldHills and was plucked fromthe wilds by winning scholarships and government grants to go to Clifton College in Bristol and Emmanuel College in Canbridge, where he got his degree in pure mathematics. In various teaching and technical writing jobs he learned how to explain difficult things. He is now married and living near Cape Town. He likes vegetable gardening, good food, cats, movies, sunshine - the usual things - especially his wife. Read more at ramseydukes.co.uk.\"","brand":"Mouse That Spins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493468147986,"sku":"9780904311501","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da10bb07-d2f8-41f0-83ae-8e98405dca47.jpg?v=1730648729","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thoughts-on-post-truth-politics-magical-thinking-9780904311501","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}