This is the first attempt in Poland to describe the problem of the place and role of truth in politics. The author expounds her own typology of philosophical contexts in which she clarifies the so far entangled understanding of the relationship between truth and politics (ontological, epistemological, axiological) and distinguishes the main models of the axiological route for understanding the status of truth in politics (the separation of truth and politics, the strong status of truth in politics, the weak status of truth in politics, which embrace the problematic status of truth in politics). At the center of her considerations are the theories of Leo Strauss, John Rawls, and Jürgen Habermas. Exploratory analyses and surprising interpretations make the book both an indispensable aid to university education and an important voice in the discussion of truth in politics, post-truth and populism. The book is useful for researchers in fields related to politics, including philosophy, political science and sociology.
Introduction
Chapter 1: Leo Strauss
1.1. Classical Political Rationalism
1.2. Politeia
1.3. Grains of Truth in Politics and the Method of Concealing the Truth
1.4. Why Should We Protect Politics and Truth from Each Other?
1.5. Theoretical Reason and Prudence
Chapter 2: John Rawls
2.1. Political Liberalism
2.2. Constitutional Democracy
2.3. Method of Avoiding the Whole Truth in Politics and Self-Evident Truths
2.4. Why Should We Beware of the Whole Truth in Politics?
2.5. Theoretical Reason and Practical Reason
Chapter 3: Jürgen Habermas
3.1. Discursive Theory of the Democratic Legal State
3.2. Deliberative Democracy
3.3. Analogy Between Truth and Rightness and Practical Certainties
3.4. Why Should Politics Strive for Consensus-Based Regulation?
3.5. Communicative Reason
Conclusions and Comments
First Conclusion
Second Conclusion
Third Conclusion
Fourth Conclusion
Bibliography
Dorota Sepczyska works at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland. An expert in social philosophy and contemporary philosophy, focusing primarily on contemporary philosophy of politics. The author of publications on Rawls, Arendt, Habermas, Walzer, liberalism, Catholic social teaching, care ethics and the Polish thinker Edward Abramowski.
