Post-Truth Politics as a Pathology of Normalcy: Beyond Alienation and Narcissism in the Age of Globalization
- The aim of this paper is to examine post-truth politics using Erich Fromm’s theory of narcissism and showing a route towards a sane society in Fromm’s sense. Post-truth situations are generated by negative synergistic effects between narcissistic psychological tendencies and social media. Both of them have so-called filter bubble effects which segregate people from inner and outer reality. The process of integrating an unknown experience or reality into the self produces a new experience. That is a definition of Fromm’s love and the way to overcome narcissism.
Author: | Takeshi Deguchi |
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Parent Title (English): | Fromm Forum (English Edition – ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 161-168. |
Series (Serial Number): | Fromm Forum (English edition / englische Ausgabe) (e23/2019m) |
Document Type: | Articles |
Language: | English |
Year of first Publication: | 2019 |
Release Date: | 2019/03/04 |
Volume: | e23/2019m |
Format: | PDF-file to download |
IdNo: | Deguchi_T_2019 |
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature): | Articles / Artikel |
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive: | Articles / Artikel |
International Erich Fromm Society's Writings: | Articles / Artikel |
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