Why is Speaking Truth so Difficult?
When?
Monday, January 6 2020 at 7:30PM
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Where?
The Monarch Bar
40-42 Chalk Farm Road
Camden
London NW1 8BG
Who?
Dr Keith Kahn-Harris
What's the talk about?
The truth hurts. We cannot always acknowledge our desires – even to ourselves. So we deny them. And sometimes we go further: The term ‘denialism’ describes a cluster of ‘alternative’ forms of knowledge, including Holocaust denial, global warming denial, anti-vaxxers, 911 conspiracism, creationism and more. Denialism has been part of the political landscape for decades, but now some (like Donald Trump) are going further, transitioning to ‘post-denialism’ in which almost anything goes.
Why do we deny? How does denialism work and why is post-denialism replacing it? And how can they be combatted? In this talk, Keith Kahn-Harris, author of Denial: The Unspeakable Truth, argues that a solution will only be possible when we come to terms with the truth of our darker desires.
£3 donation to cover speaker expenses and sundries.
The bar is reserved from 5pm for SitP attendees to buy food and drinks well in advance of the talks