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The Crisis Of Expertise

by Gil Eyal(Author)

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Formats

Paperback/English

USD 26.30

Description

In recent political debates there has been a significant change in the valence of the word “experts” from a superlative to a near pejorative, typically accompanied by a recitation of experts’ many failures and misdeeds. In topics as varied as Brexit, climate change, and vaccinations there is a palpable mistrust of experts and a tendency to dismiss their advice. Are we witnessing, therefore, the “death of expertise,” or is the handwringing about an “assault on science” merely the hysterical react
ISBN

9780745665788

Publisher

Polity

Publication Date

2019-09-20

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