Denial: The Unspeakable Truth by Keith Kahn-Harris (PT26)

Published 2018: First Edition / Hardcover / Excellent Condition / As New

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‘Denialism’ comes in many forms – the planet isn’t warming; the Holocaust never happened; the Earth is flat – and the coronavirus pandemic has made these positions all the more acute. At a moment when anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists are rarely out of the news, sociologist Keith Kahn-Harris’s book is more topical than ever as it probes the reasons for why some people feel compelled to ignore hard evidence and forge their own beliefs.

Review
‘Kahn-Harris captures the seductions of organised denial, the creative energy which goes into it, its love-hate relationship with the Enlightenment, and the strange mutations through which it is passing in the age of Trump.’ --Dougald Hine

'An elegant exploration of how frail certainties really are, and how fragile truth is. While Kahn-Harris offers no easy answers in how to deal with “post-truth”, he does inspire you to act’. --Peter Pomerantsev

‘If you are seriously concerned by current trends and wish to understand them better, Kahn-Harris makes compelling reading.’ --Jewish Chronicle

About the Author
Describing himself as `professionally curious', Dr Kahn-Harris has wide-ranging interests. He has researched and published widely on heavy metal music and culture, and the British Jewish community. He also writes about politics, society and culture. A sociologist by training, Kahn-Harris lectures at Leo Baeck and Birkbeck Colleges. He runs the European Jewish Research Archive at the Institute for Jewish Policy Research. Since receiving his PhD from Goldsmiths College, he has developed a career deliberately intended to bridge the academic and non-academic world. He has conducted research and taught at a number of universities in the UK and elsewhere, as well as working as a freelance research consultant for a number of Jewish communal and interfaith dialogue non-profits. He has contributed to both academic and non-academic publications as a writer and editor, and has reviewed for a number of publications including The Guardian, The Independent, Times Literary Supplement, New Humanist, The Forward, The Jewish Chronicle, The Tablet and more. Google Books.