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

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MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262049597
ISBN-13
9780262049597
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Book Title
Weaponization of Expertise : How Elites Fuel Populism
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2025
Topic
Public Policy / General, Sociology / General, History & Theory, Propaganda
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Political Science, Social Science
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Dennis Patterson, Jacob Hale Russell
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Hardcover

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Table Of Content
Dedication Epigraphs Table of Contents Preface: "Just Follow the Science" Chapter 1. Expertise Corrupted PART I. AN OVERPLAYED HAND: The Age of Mindless Expertise Chapter 2. Elites and Expert Culture Chapter 3. The Misuse of Expertise Chapter 4. Explaining the Abuse of Expertise PART II. CALLING THEIR BLUFF: Populists Against Experts Chapter 5. Misunderstanding Populism Chapter 6. Populist Habits of Mind Chapter 7. Expertise in Policy PART III. DOUBLING DOWN: Weaponizing the Charge of Misinformation Chapter 8. Much Ado about Misinformation Chapter 9. Merchants of Overconfidence Chapter 10. The Closing of the Elite Mind Conclusion. Giving Political Judgment a Chance Acknowledgments Works Cited
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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., 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.
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HM651.R88 2025

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