The sins of the fathers : Turkish denialism and the Armenian genocide /
"We hear much talk today about post-truth. Journalists and intellectuals describe it as a shocking new phenomenon caused by recent electoral campaigns. They point to contemporary political statements as horrendous post-truths. Nothing is more misleading. 'Historical engineering' is no...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
The Crossroad Publishing Company,
[2017]
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| Summary: | "We hear much talk today about post-truth. Journalists and intellectuals describe it as a shocking new phenomenon caused by recent electoral campaigns. They point to contemporary political statements as horrendous post-truths. Nothing is more misleading. 'Historical engineering' is not a new phenomenon. Nor are the events to which journalists point as exemplary instances of 'post-truth' particularly poignant. 'Historical engineering' is the intellectual twin of 'social engineering' and has been taking place on increasingly large scales since the dawn of the modern world. It is a consequence of the premises, methods, and ambitions of modern philosophy. This book is the first part of a trilogy--The Betrayal of Philosophy--that concerns the roots of the post-truth phenomenon. Its intent is to provide the philosophical world with a phantasm in which it can see not just the what of 'historical engineering,' but the why: to show the flaws of modern philosophy itself. The phantasm regards the most successful modern project of historical and social engineering: the Armenian Genocide. It includes both Turkey's 'historical engineering'--its official policy of genocide negation--and the massive late Ottoman project of social and territorial engineering which led to the murder of the first Christian nation: Armenia."--Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | "A Herder & Herder book"--Title page. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 248 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0824523784 9780824523787 |