Vices of knowledge

Translation: Qasim Al-Miqdad Number of pages: 438 It is clear today that the phenomenon of babbling or nonsense is sweeping through our society; the "information society," and the "knowledge" in which marketing and advertising have taken on unprecedented dimensions. The babbler does not aim to impress voters as much as he seeks to market a system in which there is no place for the real, because he no longer views the real as a value. And whoever does not respect the truth also accepts that authority and power are sources of control. Postmodern thinkers like to say that abandoning the truth as a value leaves the way open for other values such as solidarity or a sense of community, but it can also be said that disrespect for the truth and marketing sweet talk will lead to the dominance of shamelessness, worship of authority, and the brutality of the strong's control. Moral and intellectual judgments are not just ethics alone, nor are they a branch of epistemology, but they set the standards that establish the correction of beliefs objectively. In this book, Pascal Engel shows that the indifference of many of our politicians, journalists, and university professors on our planet represents the most successful forms of intellectual vice, and destroys the possibility of achieving true democracy. Pascal Engel: Philosopher. Specializes in philosophy of language and knowledge, and has several publications. Qasim Al-Miqdad: Doctor of French language sciences. He has several critical studies and has translated more than fifty books on the French language.