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COUNTERKNOWLEDGE
HOW WE SURRENDERED TO CONSPIRACY THEORIES, QUACK MEDICINE, BOGUS SCIENCE AND FAKE HISTORY |
| By: |
Damian Thompson |
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Paperback |
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£7.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1843546760 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781843546764 |
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| Publisher: |
ATLANTIC BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
1 July, 2008 |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
From 9/11 conspiracy theories to Holocaust denial, creationism to alternative medicine, there is an epidemic of demonstrably untrue descriptions of the world. This book demonstrates that unless the defenders of enlightenment values fight back soon, the counterknowledge industry has the potential to create political, social and economic disasters. |
| Synopsis: |
We are being overwhelmed by nonsense about science, medicine and history. False information - 'counterknowledge' - has reached epidemic proportions. This hard-hitting and controversial book leads the fight back.We are being swamped by dangerous nonsense. From 9/11 conspiracy theories to Holocaust denial, creationism to alternative medicine, there is now an epidemic of demonstrably untrue descriptions of the world.For Damian Thompson, these unproven theories and spurious claims are forms of 'counterknowledge', and, helped by the internet, they are creating a global generation of misguided adherents who repeat these untruths and lend them credence.'The sleep of reason brings forth monsters', warns the title of Francisco Goya's famous etching of 1799. As Damian Thompson demonstrates, unless the defenders of enlightenment values fight back soon, the counterknowledge industry has the potential to create new political, social and economic disasters. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Atlantic Books |
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