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The death of expertise : the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters

Title
The death of expertise : the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters / Tom Nichols.
Author
Nichols, Thomas M., 1960-
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, [2024]

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Description
1 online resource.
Subject
  • Information society > Political aspects
  • Knowledge, Theory of > Political aspects
  • Knowledge, Sociology of
  • Expertise > Political aspects
  • Education, Higher > Political aspects
  • Internet > Political aspects
Note
  • Previous edition published in 2017.
  • Includes index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record.
Contents
Preface to the Updated and Expanded Edition -- Preface -- Introduction: The death of expertise -- Experts and citizens -- How conversation became exhausting -- Higher Education: The customer is always right -- Let me Google that for you: How unlimited information is making us dumber -- The "New" new journalism, and lots of it -- When the experts are wrong -- The experts, the public, and the Pandemic -- Conclusion: Experts and democracy.
ISBN
  • 9780197763865 (electronic bk.)
  • 0197763863 (electronic bk.)
OCLC
ebd3943713649
Author
Nichols, Thomas M., 1960- author.
Title
The death of expertise : the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters / Tom Nichols.
Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Edition
Second edition, Updated and expanded edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
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Other Form:
Online version: Nichols, Thomas M., 1960- Death of expertise Second edition. New York : Oxford University Press, [2024] 9780197763858 (DLC) 2023049383
Original 9780197763827 0197763820 9780197763834 0197763839 (DLC) 2023049382
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