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020			_a9781526135209 _qhardback
020			_a1526135205 _qhardback
020			_z9781526135216 _qePub ebook
035			_a(OCoLC)1077789037
035			_a(coutts)cts22831328
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050		z	_aHM651 _b.K556 2019
100	1		_aKlintman, Mikael, _d1968-
245	1	0	_aKnowledge resistance : _bhow we avoid insight from others / _cMikael Klintman.
264		1	_aManchester : _bManchester University Press, _c2019.
264		4	_c©2019.
300			_aviii, 256 pages ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 238-250) and index.
520	8		_aWhy do people and groups ignore, deny and resist knowledge about society's many problems? In a world of 'alternative facts', 'fake news' that some believe could be remedied by 'factfulness', the question has never been more pressing. After years of ideologically polarised debates on this topic, the book seeks to further advance our understanding of the phenomenon of knowledge resistance by integrating insights from the social, economic and evolutionary sciences. It identifies simplistic views in public and scholarly debates about what facts, knowledge and human motivations are and what 'rational' use of information actually means. The examples used include controversies about nature-nurture, climate change, gender roles, vaccination, genetically modified food and artificial intelligence. Drawing on cutting-edge scholarship as well as personal experiences of culture clashes, the book is aimed at the general, educated public as well as students and scholars interested in the interface of human motivation and the urgent social problems of today.
650		0	_aKnowledge, Sociology of.
650		0	_aPsychology.
650		0	_aSociology _xPopular beliefs.
776	0	8	_iebook version : _z9781526135216.
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