Title: Counterknowledge
First published: 2008
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.
Subjects: Religion and science, Belief and doubt, Common fallacies, Credulity, Culture, Authenticity (Philosophy), Deception, History, Modern History, Errors, inventions, Popular culture
LC classification: BF773 .T46 2008