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Thought under Threat - On Superstition, Spite, and Stupidity (Hardcover)
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Thought under Threat - On Superstition, Spite, and Stupidity (Hardcover)
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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.
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