{"product_id":"the-weaponization-of-expertise-jacob-hale-russell-9780262049597","title":"The Weaponization of Expertise: How Elites Fuel Populism","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe problem with expertise--and the dark side of the equation \"knowledge = power.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExperts are not infallible. Treating them as such has done us all a grave disservice and, as \u003ci\u003eThe Weaponization of Expertise\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA much-needed corrective to a dangerous blind faith in expertise, \u003ci\u003eThe Weaponization of Expertise\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacob Hale Russell, Dennis Patterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262049597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262049597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.50d","brand":"Jacob Hale Russell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46640780771583,"sku":"9780262049597","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4233e6f-7d19-4138-9714-3d09bc6b3ee3.jpg?v=1740670504","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-weaponization-of-expertise-jacob-hale-russell-9780262049597","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}