Jonn Elledge
autor
A History of the World in 47 Borders
People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different way. By telling the stories of these borders, we can learn a lot about how political identities are shaped, why the world looks the way it does - and about the scale of human folly.
From the Roman attempts to define the boundaries of civilisation, to the secret British-French agreement to carve up the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, to the reason why landlocked Bolivia still maintains a navy, this is a fascinating, witty and surprising look at the history of the world told through its borders.
Konspirační teorie
Zábavná kniha, v níž se smysl pro humor pojí s varováním před zhoubným účinkem konspiračních teorií. Od autora bestselleru Dějiny lidských průserů aneb Co všechno jsme podělali.
Ať už jde o satanskou paniku nebo antivaxerské hnutí, přistání na Měsíci nebo aféru Pizzagate, my lidé jsme odjakživa měli ve zvyku věřit, že nám mocní lžou (a abychom si nekřivdili, občas tomu tak skutečně je). Ačkoli je ale zábava přihlásit se do skupinového chatu a potlachat si tam o chemtrails, události nedávných let nám ukázaly, že některé z těchto teorií si začaly žít vlastním životem – a že naše urputná honba za pravdou může ve skutečnosti páchat škody.
Tom Phillips a Jonn Elledge nás berou na fascinující, pronikavé a mnohdy vtipné putování světem starých a nových konspiračních teorií a pokoušejí se zodpovědět klíčovou otázku naší doby: Jak se odhlásit z internetových fór, kde se probírá QAnon, a začít opět věřit tvrdým důkazům?
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Konspirační teorie
Ať už jde o satanskou paniku nebo antivaxerské hnutí, přistání na Měsíci nebo aféru Pizzagate, my lidé jsme odjakživa měli ve zvyku věřit, že nám mocní lžou (a abychom si nekřivdili, občas tomu tak skutečně je). Ačkoli je ale zábava přihlásit se do skupinového chatu a potlachat si tam o takzvaném deep state (hlubokém státu), události nedávných let nám ukázaly, že některé z těchto teorií si začaly žít vlastním životem – a že naše urputná honba za pravdou může ve skutečnosti páchat škody. V Konspiračních teoriích nás Tom Phillips a Jonn Elledge berou na fascinující, pronikavé a mnohdy k popukání vtipné putování světem konspiračních teorií, starých a nových, a pokoušejí se zodpovědět klíčovou otázku naší doby: jak se odhlásit z internetových fór, kde se probírá QAnon, a začít opět věřit tvrdým důkazům?
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From the Satanic Panic to the anti-vaxx movement, the moon landing to Pizzagate, it's always been human nature to believe we're being lied to by the powers that be (and sometimes, to be fair, we absolutely are).
But while it can be fun to indulge in a bit of Deep State banter on the group chat, recent times have shown us that some of these theories have taken on a life of their own - and in our dogged quest for the truth, it appears we might actually be doing it some damage.
In Conspiracy, Tom Phillips and Jonn Elledge take us on a fascinating, insightful and often hilarious journey through conspiracy theories old and new, to try and answer a vital question for our times: how can we learn to log off the QAnon message boards, and start trusting hard evidence again?
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A History of the World in 47 Borders
A fascinating and surprising history of the world told through the lines people have drawn on maps, by the 'charming and outstandingly nerdish' author of The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything.
People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different way. By telling the stories of these borders, we can learn a lot about how political identities are shaped, why the world looks the way it does - and about human folly.
From the Roman attempts to define the boundaries of civilisation, to the secret British-French agreement to carve up the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, to the reason why landlocked Bolivia still maintains a navy, this is a fascinating, witty and surprising look at the history of the world told through its borders.
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Conspiracy
From the Satanic Panic to the anti-vaxx movement, it's always been human nature to believe we're being lied to by the powers that be (and sometimes, to be fair, we absolutely are).
But while it can be fun to indulge in a bit of Deep State banter on the family Whatsapp group, recent times have shown us that some of these theories have taken on a life of their own - and in our dogged quest for the truth, it appears we might actually be doing it some damage.
In Conspiracy, Tom Phillips and Jonn Elledge take us on a fascinating, insightful and often hilarious journey through conspiracy theories old and new, to try and answer an important question: how can we learn to log off the QAnon message boards, and start trusting hard evidence again?
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