Secrecy and the force of truth: countering post-truth regimes
Secrecy and the force of truth: countering post-truth regimes
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秘密与真相的力量：对抗后真相政权
DOI：
10.1080/09502386.2018.1503696
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发表时间：
2018
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影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Susanne Krasmann
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作者：
Susanne Krasmann
后真相政权令人不安，因为它们混淆了真实与虚假的区别，从而混淆和阻碍了政治辩论。他们通过模仿它的习惯来破坏秘密：他们不断地宣称，同时让我们猜测真正的内容是什么——或者是否有任何内容。在一个没有秘密的想象世界里，就不会有好奇心和保密性，没有真诚和信任，也没有政治上的可能性。文章认为，对保密逻辑的分析有助于我们重新审视我们文化中对真相力量的既定信心，并面对后真相政权所带来的挑战：建立真相涉及到情感力量。与人们普遍认为的真相——以及秘密——是需要揭示的东西相反，福柯式的解读表明，要调动真相，既需要真实，也需要创造的时刻。真相依赖于秘密，但永远只会出现在表面。
ABSTRACT Post-truth regimes are disconcerting to the extent that they confuse the distinction between true and false and thus obfuscate and obstruct political debate. And they dismantle the secret by imitating its habit: they constantly make claims while leaving us to guess what exactly the true content is – or whether there is any content at all. In an imagined world without secrets, there would be no curiosity or confidentiality, no sincerity or trust, and no political possibility of thinking otherwise. Analysis of the logic of secrecy, the article argues, helps us to revisit the established confidence in our culture in the force of truth, and to confront a challenge post-truth regimes pose: that to establish truth involves affective force. Contrary to the common belief that truth – and secrecy – is something to be revealed, a Foucauldian reading suggests that to mobilize truth requires both truthfulness and a moment of creation. Truth relies on the secret but will always only emerge on the surface.