The death of expertise : the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017].
Physical Description
xv, 252 pages ; 22 cm
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Central Wyoming College Library - Main Collection
HM 851 .N54 2017
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HM 851 .N54 2017
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Central Wyoming College Library - Main Collection | HM 851 .N54 2017 | On Shelf |
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Nonfiction | 303.48 NICHOLS 2017 | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017].
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Book
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
As Tom Nichols shows in The Death of Expertise, this rejection of experts has occurred for many reasons, including the openness of the internet, the emergence of a customer satisfaction model in higher education, and the transformation of the news industry into a 24-hour entertainment machine. Paradoxically, the increasingly democratic dissemination of information, rather than producing an educated public, has instead created an army of ill-informed and angry citizens who denounce intellectual achievement. Nichols has deeper concerns than the current rejection of expertise and learning, noting that when ordinary citizens believe that no one knows more than anyone else, democratic institutions themselves are in danger of falling either to populism or to technocracy-or in the worst case, a combination of both.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nichols, T. M. (2017). The death of expertise: the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nichols, Thomas M., 1960-. 2017. The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nichols, Thomas M., 1960-. The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters Oxford University Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nichols, Thomas M. The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters Oxford University Press, 2017.
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