A SHORT COURSE IN INTELLECTUAL SELF-DEFENSE
Book ID/图书代码： 12070009B33188
English Summary/英文概要： What is the relationship between democracy and critical thinking? What must a citizen in a democracy know to make the word democracy meaningful? In A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense, radical pedagogue Normand Baillargeon trains readers to think, deconstruct, and ask the necessary questions to protect themselves from the manipulations of government, “authorities,” and other elites. Whether the issue be the call to what we’re told will be a bloodless war, the “debate” around Intelligent Design, understanding a government military expenditure, or simply reading the news, Baillargeon teaches readers to evaluate information and sort fact from official and media spin. In the spirit of advocates of critical thinking from every age, and including the famed late scientist Carl Sagan’s “Baloney Detection Kit” and George Orwell’s views on the political uses and abuses of language, this vivid, accessible primer empowers readers to take their education as citizens into their own hands.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Normand Baillargeon是魁北克大學蒙特利爾學院的教授，本書他以幽默與尖銳的筆調，使讀者學習訓練自己掌握獨立思考的基本方法。在這個處處講求行銷，各種企業、團體不斷為自己的利益宣傳太多資訊，雖然生活在民主世代，很多人已漸漸失去獨立思考的能力。
現在取得知識比過去容易，但是太多資源很多是以宣傳廣告來灌輸給我們過多資訊，加上現在很多談話性節目總是存有主觀與偏見，使很多人無從該如何檢視這些瑣碎的知識。隨著網路資訊的快速發展，也剝奪我們想像和思考的機會。
本書中Normand教授說明近期凡是講求民主是可能造成我們無法獨立思考的原因，現在的社會用大量的資金買廣告，以宣傳控制人類的想法，用各式行銷公關導制生活與思考分離，我們應該如何學習獨立思考而不被洗腦…(Chris)
Awards/获奖情况：全球文化界的表徵人物，曾獲中央研究院邀請來台的現代語言學與認知科學之父Noam Chomsky 教授，推薦此書給生活在民主時代的我們，一本如何學習獨立思考的著作。
Review
“My personal feeling is that citizens of the democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self-defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control, and to lay the basis for more meaningful democracy.”---Noam Chomsky
版權已售8國，魁北克大學蒙特利爾教授Normand Baillargeon以幽默與尖銳的筆調，教導讀者如何掌握基本獨立思考方法的工具書。
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Brazil (Campus/Elsevier), Germany (Riemann/Random House Germany), Italy (Apogeo), Korea (Galapagos), Netherlands(Uitgeverij De Wereld), Poland (MinD), Romania (Editura Paralela), Spain (Critica)
About the Author/作者介绍： Normand Baillargeon is a professor of education fundamentals at the University of Québec in Montreal, where he teaches on the history of pedagogy and the philosophy of education. Normand Baillargeon is the author of several prior books of critical thinking. He teaches education at the University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada and is a regular contributor to Le Couac newspaper and À Bâbord magazine.
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