Invented Knowledge: False History, Fake Science and Pseudo-Religions - Couverture souple

Fritze, Ronald H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1861898177 ISBN 13 : 9781861898173

Editeur : Reaktion Books, 2011

Synopsis

This incredible exploration of the murky world of pseudo-history reveals the mix of proven facts, informed speculation, and pure fiction behind lost continents, ancient super-civilizations, and conspiratorial cover-ups--as well as the revisionist historical foundations of religions such as the Nation of Islam and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Drawing on the best scholarship available, Ronald H. Fritze shows that in spite of strong, mainstream historical evidence to the contrary, many of these ideas have proved durable and gained widespread acceptance. As the examples in Invented Knowledge reveal, pseudo-historians capitalize on and exploit anomalies in evidence to support their claims, rather than examining the preponderance of research as a whole.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ronald H. Fritze is professor of history and religion at Athens State University, Alabama. He is the author or editor of ten books

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Reaktion Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1861898177
• ISBN 13: 9781861898173
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible