Download or read book Politics and Truth written by Theresa Man Ling Lee and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1997-08-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers the contested concept of truth in contemporary politics in light of the postmodernist challenge to Enlightenment ideals and examines the treatment of truth in an unusual lineup of thinkers ranging from Plato and Hobbes to Weber, Foucault, and Arendt.