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The Resource Willful blindness : why we ignore the obvious at our peril, Margaret Heffernan

Willful blindness : why we ignore the obvious at our peril, Margaret Heffernan

Label
Willful blindness : why we ignore the obvious at our peril
Title
Willful blindness
Title remainder
why we ignore the obvious at our peril
Statement of responsibility
Margaret Heffernan
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Presents an analysis of the human tendency towards selective ignorance, discussing why people practice denial and assessing the impact of the phenomenon on private and working lives as well as within governments and organizations
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1955-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Heffernan, Margaret
Dewey number
153.7
Index
index present
LC call number
BF337.R28
LC item number
H44 2011
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Perception
  • Denial (Psychology)
  • Rationalization (Psychology)
  • Consciousness
  • Belief and doubt
  • Belief and doubt
  • Consciousness
  • Denial (Psychology)
  • Perception
  • Rationalization (Psychology)
  • Consciousness
  • Belief and doubt
  • Rationalization (Psychology)
  • Consciousness
  • Belief and doubt
Label
Willful blindness : why we ignore the obvious at our peril, Margaret Heffernan
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Affinity and beyond -- Love is blind -- Dangerous convictions -- The limits of your mind -- The ostrich instruction -- Just following orders -- The cult of cultures -- Bystanders -- Out of sight, out of mind -- De-moralizing work -- Cassandra -- See better
Control code
ocn639161268
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Extent
294 pages
Isbn
9780802719980
Lccn
2010031096
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780802719980
  • (OCoLC)639161268
Label
Willful blindness : why we ignore the obvious at our peril, Margaret Heffernan
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Affinity and beyond -- Love is blind -- Dangerous convictions -- The limits of your mind -- The ostrich instruction -- Just following orders -- The cult of cultures -- Bystanders -- Out of sight, out of mind -- De-moralizing work -- Cassandra -- See better
Control code
ocn639161268
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Extent
294 pages
Isbn
9780802719980
Lccn
2010031096
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780802719980
  • (OCoLC)639161268

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