Counterknowledge
Subtitle: how we surrendered to conspiracy theories, quack medicine, bogus science and fake history
By: Damian Thompson
Publisher: Atlantic
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9781843546757; 9781843546764
Subjects: Culture; Errors, inventions; Common fallacies; Deception; Modern History; Authenticity (Philosophy); History
Description: From 9/11 conspiracy theories to Holocaust denial, creationism to alternative medicine, these demonstrably untrue descriptions of the world are forms of 'counterknowledge'. Here, the author demonstrates, the counterknowledge industry has the potential to create new political, social and economic disasters.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Knowledge and Counterknowledge -- -- 2.; title: Creationism and Counterknowledge -- -- 3.; title: The Return of Pseudohistory -- -- 4.; title: Desperate Remedies -- -- 5.; title: The Counterknowledge Industry -- -- 6.; title: Living with Counterknowledge.