{"product_id":"the-crisis-of-expertise-paperback-softback-9780745665788","title":"The Crisis of Expertise (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745665788","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Crisis of Expertise\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGil Eyal (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745665788, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 September 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.249 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Collins, Cardiff University\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Shapin, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent political debates there has been a significant change in the valence of the word “experts” from a superlative to a near pejorative, typically accompanied by a recitation of experts’ many failures and misdeeds. In topics as varied as Brexit, climate change, and vaccinations there is a palpable mistrust of experts and a tendency to dismiss their advice. Are we witnessing, therefore, the “death of expertise,” or is the handwringing about an “assault on science” merely the hysterical reaction of threatened elites?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this new book, Gil Eyal argues that what needs to be explained is not a one-sided “mistrust of experts” but the two-headed \u003ci\u003epushmi-pullyu\u003c\/i\u003e of unprecedented reliance on science and expertise, on the one hand, coupled with increased skepticism and dismissal of scientific findings and expert opinion, on the other. The current mistrust of experts is best understood as one more spiral in an on-going, recursive crisis of legitimacy. The “scientization of politics,” of which critics warned in the 1960s, has brought about a politicization of science, and the two processes reinforce one another in an unstable, crisis-prone mixture. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis timely book will be of great interest to students and scholars in the social sciences and to anyone concerned about the political uses of, and attacks on, scientific knowledge and expertise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction    The Crisis\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1  Expertise\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2  The Debate about Expertise\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3  Trust\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4  Risk\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chatper 5  Crisis, Take 2\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6  Inside the Vortex\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7  Balaam’s Blessing\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusions, or, Trans-science as a Vocation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52460662391064,"sku":"9780745665788","price":16.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745665788.jpg?v=1785457211","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-crisis-of-expertise-paperback-softback-9780745665788","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}