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Bullsh*t Comparisons: A field guide to thinking critically in a world of difference
Publisher:
Bonnier Books
| Author:
Andrew Brooks
| Language:
English
| Format:
Hardback
Publisher:
Bonnier Books
Author:
Andrew Brooks
Language:
English
Format:
Hardback
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Can climate change by won like the space race? Do owners look like their dogs?
Is Lisbon the new Barcelona? Does a woman need a man like a fish needs a bicycle?
We live comparatively, through metaphors, models, and metrics we make comparisons every day, but how helpful are they? What truths do the hide and what bullsh*t do they propogate?
Looking across a fascinating range of situations both familiar and unfamiliar, Bullsh*t Comparisons is a ground-breaking guide to the role of could-be-true but misleading comparison in modern society, illuminated by examples spanning the globe from Boris Johnson and Winston Churchill, to the FIFA World Footballer of the year, university league tables and Chinese neo-colonialism in Africa.
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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Can climate change by won like the space race? Do owners look like their dogs?
Is Lisbon the new Barcelona? Does a woman need a man like a fish needs a bicycle?
We live comparatively, through metaphors, models, and metrics we make comparisons every day, but how helpful are they? What truths do the hide and what bullsh*t do they propogate?
Looking across a fascinating range of situations both familiar and unfamiliar, Bullsh*t Comparisons is a ground-breaking guide to the role of could-be-true but misleading comparison in modern society, illuminated by examples spanning the globe from Boris Johnson and Winston Churchill, to the FIFA World Footballer of the year, university league tables and Chinese neo-colonialism in Africa.
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.
About Author
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.
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