by Damian Thompson · Tapa dura · ISBN 9781843546757
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«Counterknowledge» is the essay by Damian Thompson, published by Atlantic Books in hardcover (162 pages, in English).
Damian Thompson analyzes 'counterknowledge': false theories and claims presented as alternative knowledge, from the 9/11 conspiracies and Holocaust denial to creationism and alternative medicine. Driven by the internet, these ideas gain followers and can cause political, social and economic disasters.
The full title includes the subtitle «How we surrendered to conspiracy theories, quack medicine, bogus science and fake history»; the work was published in 2008.
A work of interest for readers of skepticism, pseudoscience and analysis of conspiracy theories.
