Societal Deception: Global Social Issues in Post-Truth Times
Author:   Geoffrey Lawrence
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2024 ed.
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Pages:   461
Publication Date:   19 June 2024
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Author:   Geoffrey Lawrence
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2024 ed.
ISBN:  

9781349961061


ISBN 10:   134996106
Pages:   461
Publication Date:   19 June 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Who Can You Believe? Of Media, Misinformation and Trumpery.- It’s the Economy, Stupid! Neoliberal Nonsense and the Myths of the Free Market.- From Seedling to Supermarket: Farming, Fast Food and the Fabrication of Trust.- Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastic: Corporate Profiteering and Planetary Destruction.- The Power to Lie: Propaganda and Post-truth Politics.- Praying for Salvation: Forgeries and Fallacies of Religion.- The Ultimate Diversion: Sport as False Consciousness?.- The Future: Confronting the Culprits.

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Geoffrey Lawrence is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Queensland, Australia, and Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. A recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Australasian Agri-food Research Network (AFRN), he has an extensive publication record on a range of topics including rural social change, agri-food industries, community resilience, food security, sport and leisure, neoliberal globalization, and financialization.

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