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This volume is a wide-ranging examination of denial and ideological denialism. It offers a readable overview of the psychology and social science of bias, self-deception, and denial, and examines the role of ideological denialism in conflicts over science and public policy, politics, and culture.
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People believe what they want to believe. It is a striking-yet all too familiar-fact about human beings that our belief-forming processes can be so distorted by fears, desires, and prejudices that an otherwise sensible person may sincerely uphold a false claim about the world despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. When we describe someone as being „in denial,” we mean that he or she is personally threatened by some set of facts and consequently fails to assess the situation properly according to the evidence, instead arguing and interpreting evidence in light of a pre-established conclusion.
In a world polarized over politics, culture, race, and religion, it is evident that ideological commitments can influence one’s perception of reality in socially destructive ways, especially when one perceives a threat to these commitments. When group interests, creeds, or dogmas are threatened by unwelcome factual information, biased thinking can become ideological denialism. This is a problem that affects everybody: Whereas denial can interfere with individual well-being, ideological denialism can stand in the way of urgent advancements in public policy.
This book offers an accessible, historically and scientifically informed overview of our understanding of denial and denialism. Adrian Bardon introduces the reader to the latest developments in the interdisciplinary study of denial, and then investigates the role of human psychology and ideology in, respectively, science denial, economic policy, and religious belief.
The Truth About Denial is an exceptional book
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Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter One: Bias and Belief
1. What is denial?
2. „Hot cognition”
3. Mechanisms of motivated reasoning
4. The origins of denial
5. Pathological ideology, and denialism as a social phenomenon
Chapter Two: Science Denial
1. Climate science denial
2. Personality, system, and status quo
3. The asymmetry thesis
4. Science and societal change
Chapter Three: Pride, Prejudice, and Political Economy
1. Political economics
2. Poverty and the fundamental attribution error
3. Classism and racial stereotyping
4. The liberty argument
Chapter Four: Religion
1. Reasons to believe
2. Is it even a belief?
3. The origins of religiosity
4. Tenacity
5. The problem(s) with religion
Afterword: Directions for Science Communication
1. More information?
2. Message framing and delivery
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