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  • 8 - Choosing

  • David Ricci, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book:
    Post-Truth American Politics
    Published online:
    28 September 2023
    Print publication:
    12 October 2023, pp 119-142

  • Summary

    Chapter 7 says that if scholars will pay more attention to political Stories, they still have to consider how to proceed. The marketplace for ideas is full of Stories, and the epistemological crisis is well funded in every direction. Therefore, Max Weber’s advice is entirely relevant: we must “choose” between Stories (or “causes,” in his term). And we must do that while critics like Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, Paul Kahn, and Stephen Smith warn us that we should reject old-time Stories only if we can replace them with new ones that are equally effective.