The Weaponization of Expertise: How Elites Fuel Populism by Russell, Jacob Hale
The Weaponization of Expertise: How Elites Fuel Populism by Russell, Jacob Hale

The Weaponization of Expertise: How Elites Fuel Populism

The problem with expertise--and the dark side of the equation "knowledge = power." Experts are not infallible....
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Author: Jacob Hale Russell
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The Weaponization of Expertise: How Elites Fuel Populism by Russell, Jacob Hale

The Weaponization of Expertise: How Elites Fuel Populism

$77.51
The Weaponization of Expertise: How Elites Fuel Populism by Russell, Jacob Hale

The Weaponization of Expertise: How Elites Fuel Populism

$77.51
Author: Jacob Hale Russell
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
The problem with expertise--and the dark side of the equation "knowledge = power."

Experts are not infallible. Treating them as such has done us all a grave disservice and, as The Weaponization of Expertise makes painfully clear, given rise to the very populism that all-knowing experts and their elite coterie decry. Jacob Hale Russell and Dennis Patterson use the devastating example of the COVID-19 pandemic to illustrate their case, revealing how the hubris of all-too-human experts undermined--perhaps irreparably--public faith in elite policymaking. Paradoxically, by turning science into dogmatism, the overweening elite response has also proved deeply corrosive to expertise itself--in effect, doing exactly what elite policymakers accuse their critics of doing.

A much-needed corrective to a dangerous blind faith in expertise, The Weaponization of Expertise identifies a cluster of pathologies that have enveloped many institutions meant to help referee expert knowledge, in particular a disavowal of the doubt, uncertainty, and counterarguments that are crucial to the accumulation of knowledge. At a time when trust in expertise and faith in institutions are most needed and most lacking, this work issues a stark reminder that a crisis of misinformation may well begin at the top.

Author: Jacob Hale Russell, Dennis Patterson
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 03/04/2025
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780262049597

About the Author
Jacob Hale Russell is Associate Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School.

Dennis Patterson is Board of Governors Professor at Rutgers Law School and Professor of Legal Philosophy at Surrey Law School, UK. He is the author, with Michael Pardo, of Minds, Brains, and Law.
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