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The Death of Expertise
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The Death of Expertise

The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters
BookHardcover
Ranking172571inSozialwissenschaften
CHF29.90

Description

From the anti-vaccination movement to citizen blogging to uninformed attacks on GMOs, the nation has witnessed a surge in intellectual egalitarianism. While increased access to information undoubtedly brings some societal benefits, the leap to enlightenment that millions of lightly educated people believe they make after scouring WebMD or Wikipedia undermines established sources of knowledge.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-19-046941-2
Product TypeBook
BindingHardcover
Publishing date27/04/2017
Pages272 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 144 mm, Height 216 mm, Thickness 25 mm
Weight428 g
Article no.23949204
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.20375273
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Author

Tom Nichols is Professor of National Security Affairs at the US Naval War College, an adjunct professor at the Harvard Extension School, and a former aide in the U.S. Senate. He is also the author of several works on foreign policy and international security affairs, including The Sacred Cause, No Use: Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security, Eve of Destruction: The Coming Age of Preventive War, and The Russian Presidency.