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The Death of Expertise
The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters
Taschenbuch von Tom Nichols
Sprache: Englisch

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A cult of anti-expertise sentiment has coincided with anti-intellectualism, resulting in massively viral yet poorly informed debates ranging from the anti-vaccination movement to attacks on GMOs. As Tom Nichols shows in The Death of Expertise, there are a number of reasons why this has occurred-ranging from easy access to Internet search engines to a customer satisfaction model within higher education.
A cult of anti-expertise sentiment has coincided with anti-intellectualism, resulting in massively viral yet poorly informed debates ranging from the anti-vaccination movement to attacks on GMOs. As Tom Nichols shows in The Death of Expertise, there are a number of reasons why this has occurred-ranging from easy access to Internet search engines to a customer satisfaction model within higher education.
Über den Autor
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.

He is also a five-time undefeated Jeopardy! champion, and as one of the all-time top players of the game, he was invited back to play in the 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions. Nichols' website is tomnichols.net and he can be found on Twitter at [...]
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • Introduction. The Death of Expertise

  • Chapter 1. Experts and Citizens

  • Chapter 2. How Conversation Became Exhausting

  • Chapter 3. Higher Education: The Customer Is Always Right

  • Chapter 4. Let Me Google That for You: How Unlimited Information Is Making Us Dumber

  • Chapter 5. The "New" New Journalism, and Lots of It

  • Chapter 6. When the Experts Are Wrong

  • Conclusion. Experts and Democracy

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780190865979
ISBN-10: 0190865970
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Nichols, Tom
Hersteller: Oxford University Press Inc
Maße: 208 x 141 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Tom Nichols
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.01.2019
Gewicht: 0,33 kg
Artikel-ID: 111673043
Über den Autor
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.

He is also a five-time undefeated Jeopardy! champion, and as one of the all-time top players of the game, he was invited back to play in the 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions. Nichols' website is tomnichols.net and he can be found on Twitter at [...]
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • Introduction. The Death of Expertise

  • Chapter 1. Experts and Citizens

  • Chapter 2. How Conversation Became Exhausting

  • Chapter 3. Higher Education: The Customer Is Always Right

  • Chapter 4. Let Me Google That for You: How Unlimited Information Is Making Us Dumber

  • Chapter 5. The "New" New Journalism, and Lots of It

  • Chapter 6. When the Experts Are Wrong

  • Conclusion. Experts and Democracy

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780190865979
ISBN-10: 0190865970
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Nichols, Tom
Hersteller: Oxford University Press Inc
Maße: 208 x 141 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Tom Nichols
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.01.2019
Gewicht: 0,33 kg
Artikel-ID: 111673043
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