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“Professor Jacek Dabala’s short polemic, A Pre-Collapse Cure for Stupidity, serves as a straightforward, blunt instrument intended to jar us out of our collective stupor in the face of catastrophe. Squarely taking on critical, timely issues such as climate change, democracy, populism, and the state of journalism, Dabala deploys a provocative, untimely language intended to persuasively argue that our present world is the outcome of a mass stupefaction of our own making. Professor Richard Baxstrom, University of Edinburgh “Do we need an informed public and knowledgeable narrators making sense of things at a time of great complexity and uncertainty? We do. But as Jacek Dabala points out in his engaging new book, the globe is facing endangered democracies, empowered politicians drawn to totalitarianism and journalists lacking the skills to respond. Chief among Dabala’s necessary conclusions: We need better education teaching “the meaning and real value of democracy and freedom.” And we need it now. Before it’s too late.” Professor Steven Beschloss, Arizona State University “Born of frustration and an awareness of impending climate disaster, in this short book Jacek Dabala sets out his sense of the whole problem. Dabala reveals a vicious and self-reinforcing cycle of propaganda and stupidity built of short-sighted, selfserving or outright malevolent voices in politics and the media.” Professor Nicholas J. Cull, University of Southern California “In these provocative and timely essays, Jacek Dabala issues a clarion call to educators, journalists, and politicians to address the major crises facing the world today by ending the “circle of stupidity” that perpetuates bad governance and misinformation with devastating consequences.” Professor Diana Owen, Georgetown University

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Author:   Jacek Dąbała
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.252kg
ISBN:  

9783631920985

ISBN 10:   3631920989
Pages:   134
Publication Date:   23 September 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword The Stupidity of Politicians and What It　Means in　the Time of Climate Change Why is Democracy Struggling and　Why　Is　War　a　Real Threat? The Death of Democracy in Seventeen Steps Liberalism versus Conservatism: The　Antagonism that Is but Is Not The ABC of the Media The “Silly Buggers” How to Tell a Propagandist from a Journalist? What Went Wrong? Corruptions of Political Freedom The Tail Wagging the Dog Perfect Journalism — Is it Really that Simple? Three Questions to Test the Quality of　any　Government A Cure for the Global Political Stupidity Cruelty of the World’s Political Future Sources of Political Stupidity Can Religion and Faith Still Be Saved in　the　Contemporary World About the Author Bibliography Index

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“Professor Jacek Dabala’s short polemic, A Pre-Collapse Cure for Stupidity, serves as a straightforward, blunt instrument intended to jar us out of our collective stupor in the face of catastrophe. Squarely taking on critical, timely issues such as climate change, democracy, populism, and the state of journalism, Dabala deploys a provocative, untimely language intended to persuasively argue that our present world is the outcome of a mass stupefaction of our own making. Professor Richard Baxstrom, University of Edinburgh “Do we need an informed public and knowledgeable narrators making sense of things at a time of great complexity and uncertainty? We do. But as Jacek Dabala points out in his engaging new book, the globe is facing endangered democracies, empowered politicians drawn to totalitarianism and journalists lacking the skills to respond. Chief among Dabala’s necessary conclusions: We need better education teaching “the meaning and real value of democracy and freedom.” And we need it now. Before it’s too late.” Professor Steven Beschloss, Arizona State University “Born of frustration and an awareness of impending climate disaster, in this short book Jacek Dabala sets out his sense of the whole problem. Dabala reveals a vicious and self-reinforcing cycle of propaganda and stupidity built of short-sighted, selfserving or outright malevolent voices in politics and the media.” Professor Nicholas J. Cull, University of Southern California “In these provocative and timely essays, Jacek Dabala issues a clarion call to educators, journalists, and politicians to address the major crises facing the world today by ending the “circle of stupidity” that perpetuates bad governance and misinformation with devastating consequences.” Professor Diana Owen, Georgetown University

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