political economy of truth

is the idea that truth is centered on a particular form of scientific discourse.

Characterised by five traits. 'Truth' is centred on the form of scientific discourse and the institutions which produce it... it is subject to constant economic and political incitement (the demand for truth, as much for economic production as for political power)... it is the object, under diverse forms, of immense diffusion and consumption (circulating through apparatuses of education and information whose extent is relatively broad inthe social body, not withstanding certain strict limitations)... it is produced and transmitted under the control, dominant if not exclusive, of a few great political apparatuses (university, army, writing, media)... lastly, it is the issue of a whole political debate and social confrontation ('ideological' struggles). (net)

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political economy of truth