Thought Under Threat: On Superstition, Spite, and Stupidity by de Beistegui, Miguel
Thought Under Threat: On Superstition, Spite, and Stupidity by de Beistegui, Miguel

Thought Under Threat: On Superstition, Spite, and Stupidity

Thought under Threat reveals and combats the forces diminishing the power and role of critical thinking, whether...
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Author: Miguel de Beistegui
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Thought Under Threat: On Superstition, Spite, and Stupidity by de Beistegui, Miguel

Thought Under Threat: On Superstition, Spite, and Stupidity

$904.64
Thought Under Threat: On Superstition, Spite, and Stupidity by de Beistegui, Miguel

Thought Under Threat: On Superstition, Spite, and Stupidity

$904.64
Author: Miguel de Beistegui
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
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 experts. Political leaders appeal to the hearts and guts of "the people," rather than their critical faculties. Stupidity has become a right, if not a badge of honor; superstition is on the rise; and spite is a major political force. Thinking is considered "elitist."

To see those obstacles as vices of thought, Miguel de Beistegui argues, we need to understand stupidity not as a lack of intelligence or judgment, but as the tendency to raise false problems and trivial questions. Similarly, we need to see spite not as a moral vice, but as a poison that blurs and distorts our critical faculties. Finally, superstition is best described not as a set of false beliefs, but as a system that neutralizes one's ability to think for oneself.

For de Beistegui, thinking is intrinsically democratic and a necessary condition for the exercise of freedom. Thought under Threat shows how a training of thought itself can be used to ward off those vices, lead to productive deliberation, and, ultimately, create a thinking community.

Author: Miguel de Beistegui
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 01/18/2022
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780226815565


Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2022

About the Author
Miguel de Beistegui is professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick. He is the author of many books, including The Government of Desire: A Genealogy of the Liberal Subject, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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