COUNTERKNOWLEDGE by Damian Thompson ( 9781843546764 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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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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1843546760

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9781843546764

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ATLANTIC BOOKS

Pub. date:

1 July, 2008

Edition:

Main

Pages:

208

Description:

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.'A wonderfully clear-sighted and intellectually exciting polemic... Thompson's demolition of every fatuous illusion is brilliantly exact and often very witty... A splendid, short sharp shock of a book.' Mail On Sunday

Synopsis:

We are being overwhelmed by dangerous nonsense. From 9/11 conspiracy theories to Holocaust denial, from creationism to unorthodox 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'; spread not least by the internet, they are creating a global generation of misguided adherents who repeat these untruths and lend them credence.

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