The Crisis of Expertise

ISBN-13: 9780745665788 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 208 str.

Columbia University) Eyal Gil (Professor of Sociology

Opis

"Are we witnessing, therefore, the "death of expertise," or is the handwringing about an "assault on science" merely the hysterical reaction of threatened elites? In this new book, Gil Eyal argues that the current mistrust of experts is best understood as one more spiral in an on-going, recursive crisis of legitimacy"--

Recenzje

"This impressive piece of scholarship explores contemporary debates about the nature of expertise and their relationship to politics in novel ways. Eyal writes with verve and a great eye for metaphor, which makes the book a great read." Harry Collins, Cardiff University "Gil Eyal thinks that the present-day crisis of expertise is substantial and serious but that it has not yet been properly described. His attempt to supply that description is necessary reading for our troubled times." Steven Shapin, Harvard University

Spis treści

Introduction The Crisis Chapter 1 Expertise Chapter 2 The Debate about Expertise Chapter 3 Trust Chapter 4 Risk Chatper 5 Crisis, Take 2 Chapter 6 Inside the Vortex Chapter 7 Balaam's Blessing Conclusions, or, Trans-science as a Vocation

O autorze

Gil Eyal is Professor of Sociology at Columbia University