ABSTRACT
Once treated as the absence of knowledge, ignorance today has become a highly influential topic in its own right, commanding growing attention across the natural and social sciences where a wide range of scholars have begun to explore the social life and political issues involved in the distribution and strategic use of not knowing. The field is growing fast and this handbook reflects this interdisciplinary field of study by drawing contributions from economics, sociology, history, philosophy, cultural studies, anthropology, feminist studies, and related fields in order to serve as a seminal guide to the political, legal and social uses of ignorance in social and political life.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|59 pages
Historical treatments of ignorance in philosophy, literature and the human sciences
part II|63 pages
Registering the unknown
chapter 12|9 pages
Purveyors of ignorance
part III|76 pages
Valuing and managing the unknown in science, technology and medicine
chapter 21|7 pages
Decision-making under the condition of uncertainty and non-knowledge
chapter 22|9 pages
Fighting a losing battle?
part IV|79 pages
Power and ignorance
part V|105 pages
Ignorance in economic theory, risk management and security studies