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092 0  306|bengelska 
100 1  Klintman, Mikael,|d1968-|4aut 
245 10 Knowledge resistance :|bhow we avoid insight from others /
       |cMikael Klintman 
264  1 Manchester :|bManchester University Press,|c2019 
264  4 |c©2019 
300    256 sidor|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
340    |b23 cm 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index 
520 8  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 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 Knowledge, Sociology of 
650  0 Psychology 
650  0 Sociology|xPopular beliefs 
650  7 Psychology.|2fast 
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