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7004394A Pre-Collapse Cure for Stupidityhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-pre-collapse-cure-for-stupidity-9783631925010/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6544355/image.jpg?v=638744409717970000848942MXNPeter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der WissenschaftenInStock/Ebooks/<p>Professor Jacek Dabalas short polemic, A Pre-Collapse Cure for Stupidity, serves as<br />a straightforward, blunt instrument intended to jar us out of our collective stupor<br />in the face of catastrophe. Squarely taking on critical, timely issues such as climate<br />change, democracy, populism, and the state of journalism, Dabala deploys a provocative,<br />untimely language intended to persuasively argue that our present world is<br />the outcome of a mass stupefaction of our own making.<br />Professor Richard Baxstrom, University of Edinburgh<br />Do we need an informed public and knowledgeable narrators making sense of<br />things at a time of great complexity and uncertainty? We do. But as Jacek Dabala<br />points out in his engaging new book, the globe is facing endangered democracies,<br />empowered politicians drawn to totalitarianism and journalists lacking the skills to<br />respond. Chief among Dabalas necessary conclusions: We need better education<br />teaching the meaning and real value of democracy and freedom. And we need it<br />now. Before its too late.<br />Professor Steven Beschloss, Arizona State University<br />Born of frustration and an awareness of impending climate disaster, in this short<br />book Jacek Dabala sets out his sense of the whole problem. Dabala reveals a vicious<br />and self-reinforcing cycle of propaganda and stupidity built of short-sighted, selfserving<br />or outright malevolent voices in politics and the media.<br />Professor Nicholas J. Cull, University of Southern California<br />In these provocative and timely essays, Jacek Dabala issues a clarion call to educators,<br />journalists, and politicians to address the major crises facing the world today<br />by ending the circle of stupidity that perpetuates bad governance and misinformation<br />with devastating consequences.<br />Professor Diana Owen, Georgetown University</p>...6676164A Pre-Collapse Cure for Stupidity848942https://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-pre-collapse-cure-for-stupidity-9783631925010/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6544355/image.jpg?v=638744409717970000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249783631925010_W3siaWQiOiI0ZDViYTFhZS03M2QxLTQ1YTgtYTQwMC1lZTQzMGEzZTczZjkiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjkxOSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjkyLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjgyNywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9783631925010_<p>Professor Jacek Dabalas short polemic, A Pre-Collapse Cure for Stupidity, serves as<br />a straightforward, blunt instrument intended to jar us out of our collective stupor<br />in the face of catastrophe. Squarely taking on critical, timely issues such as climate<br />change, democracy, populism, and the state of journalism, Dabala deploys a provocative,<br />untimely language intended to persuasively argue that our present world is<br />the outcome of a mass stupefaction of our own making.<br />Professor Richard Baxstrom, University of Edinburgh<br />Do we need an informed public and knowledgeable narrators making sense of<br />things at a time of great complexity and uncertainty? We do. But as Jacek Dabala<br />points out in his engaging new book, the globe is facing endangered democracies,<br />empowered politicians drawn to totalitarianism and journalists lacking the skills to<br />respond. Chief among Dabalas necessary conclusions: We need better education<br />teaching the meaning and real value of democracy and freedom. And we need it<br />now. Before its too late.<br />Professor Steven Beschloss, Arizona State University<br />Born of frustration and an awareness of impending climate disaster, in this short<br />book Jacek Dabala sets out his sense of the whole problem. Dabala reveals a vicious<br />and self-reinforcing cycle of propaganda and stupidity built of short-sighted, selfserving<br />or outright malevolent voices in politics and the media.<br />Professor Nicholas J. Cull, University of Southern California<br />In these provocative and timely essays, Jacek Dabala issues a clarion call to educators,<br />journalists, and politicians to address the major crises facing the world today<br />by ending the circle of stupidity that perpetuates bad governance and misinformation<br />with devastating consequences.<br />Professor Diana Owen, Georgetown University</p>...9783631925010_Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaftenlibro_electonico_9783631925010_9783631925010Jacek DbaBaInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram30-epub-be57cf6e-9574-4f36-9aad-17ad3a87eb81.epub2024-09-26T00:00:00+00:00Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften