Journal article
Speaking the truth
Economy and Society, Vol.25(2), pp.156-177
1996
Abstract
Suspicion regarding the notion of truth is a characteristic feature of much contemporary thought. Often this suspicion is based in a view that takes truth to be a notion associated with a discredited view of knowledge or with an oppressive and exclusionary politics. That the very possibility of knowledge, and so of our access to the truth, can be put in question and that truth itself always operates within a political dimension are not, of course, claims that can be denied. Nor can it be denied that knowledge, truth and power are closely tied together. But these considerations should prompt us to a reappraisal of the notion of truth that sees it as more, not less, significant. This paper is an attempt to begin such a reappraisal and to attend, not merely to the truth. Speaking the truth is not something the successful achievement of which can, in every case, be guaranteed in advance; yet neither is it something that we can abandon or ignore.
Details
- Title
- Speaking the truth
- Authors/Creators
- J. Malpas (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Economy and Society, Vol.25(2), pp.156-177
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Identifiers
- 991005543519407891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- ESI research areas
- Social Sciences, general