Bullshit Comparisons: A Field Guide to Thinking Critically in a World of Difference - Hardcover

Brooks, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1804440833 ISBN 13: 9781804440834

Verlag: Footnote Press Ltd, 2024

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Bullshit Comparisons will challenge the way you think about rankings, charts and other marketing and political tools designed to create odious and dangerous comparisons.

Is Boris Johnson really like Winston Churchill? Are electric cars actually greener than petrol ones? Which is the world's most successful university? Is Lisbon the new Barcelona? Should we compare the achievements of younger and older siblings even when we know it damages their self-worth? We make comparisons every day, but how helpful are they?

Looking across a dazzling range of situations both familiar and unfamiliar, Bullshit Comparisons is a ground-breaking examination of the role of comparison in modern society, illuminated by examples spanning from the FIFA World Footballer of the year, to wine-tasting in London, hospital care in Sierra Leone and avocado farming in Colombia.

Challenging us to think critically about the use of comparison through accessible, personal, and often amusing research, Andrew Brooks reveals the uses and abuses of comparisons in a book that isn't like anything else you have read.

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Andrew Brooks is a Reader in Uneven Development and Deputy Head of the Geography Department at King's College London. Andrew's work is equally praised for its rigour and accessibility.


His books include two editions of the popular Smithsonian Children's Illustrated Atlas and Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-hand Clothes, which was long listed for the Bread and Roses prize. He was an Editor of the Journal of Southern African Studies for four years and his work on global development and fashion has reached international media including Al Jazeera, BBC News, CNN, The Economist, The Guardian, Le Monde, The New York Times and Newsweek.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Footnote Press Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1804440833
• ISBN 13: 9781804440834
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 248
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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