The Political Theory Review
Episode 142: Lisa Herzog - Citizen Knowledge
Feb 21, 2024
Lisa Herzog discusses challenges in upholding democratic principles in knowledge dissemination post-Trump election and Brexit. The book explores capitalism's influence on knowledge motives, inequality in authority, and need for pluralistic truth evaluation. Reflects on Hegel's influence, practical application of values, and socially situated knowledge sharing for comprehensive reality understanding. Explores experts' unequal authority, proposes partnership model, and emphasizes experts' moral mission. Discusses limitations of lotocratic institutions, advocating for democratic deliberation reforms. Emphasizes collective approach to knowledge as a public good in modern democracies.
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- The tension between unequal expertise authority and democratic egalitarianism, exacerbated by market influence on knowledge.
- Market mechanisms exhibit flaws like preference shaping through advertising, necessitating regulation for knowledge accuracy.
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Challenges in Democracy and Knowledge Generation
The podcast delves into the challenges arising from the interplay between citizen and expert knowledge in democratic processes, fueled by political events like Brexit and the Trump election. Lisa Herzog's motivation to write the book stems from her prior research on ethics in organizations, revealing how knowledge is manipulatively used. The tension between unequal authority in expertise and democratic egalitarianism is highlighted, along with the corrupting influence of markets and capitalism on knowledge.
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