Knowledge Resistance: How We Avoid Insight from Others

by Mikael Klintman

Book Overview

Why 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 the topic, this book seeks to further advance our understanding of the phenomenon of knowledge resistance by integrating insights from the social, economic and evolutionary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152615174X
• ISBN13: 9781526151742
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"