On Rumours by Cass R Sunstein
Sunstein explores the human propensity for gossip and storytelling, and discusses how our fears and hopes can work against common sense. He also investigates the way that the internet can entrench our false beliefs even deeper, and how the wish to conform, our natural biases and even our basic emotions can cause us to fall for untrue accounts.
Makes for some uncomfortable reading * Telegraph *
Gives long shrift to loose talk * The Times Higher Education Supplement *
Thought-provoking.. extremely relevant * Scotsman *
Compelling ... full of insights * Guardian *
More than just a book: it's a manifesto * Prospect *
Gives long shrift to loose talk * The Times Higher Education Supplement *
Thought-provoking.. extremely relevant * Scotsman *
Compelling ... full of insights * Guardian *
More than just a book: it's a manifesto * Prospect *
Cass Sunstein is Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School (on leave). He was previously Karl N. Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor of Jurisprudence, Law School and Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141044293 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141044292 |
| Title | On Rumours |
| Author | Cass R Sunstein |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
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