Thought Under Threat: On Superstition, Spite, and Stupidity

by Miguel de Beistegui

Thought under Threat reveals and combats the forces diminishing the power and role of critical thinking, whether in our individual lives or collectively.

Thought under Threat is an attempt to understand the tendencies that threaten thinking from within. These tendencies have always existed. But today they are on the rise and frequently encouraged, even in our democracies. People "disagree" with science and distrust...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226815560
• ISBN13: 9780226815565
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"