A passion for ignorance : what we choose not to know and why / Renata Salecl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salecl, Renata, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)--Social aspects.

Ignorance (Theory of knowledge).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]

Summary:

Drawing on philosophy, social and psychoanalytic theory, popular culture, and her own experience, Salecl explores how the passion for ignorance plays out in many different aspects of life today, from love, illness, trauma, and the fear of failure to genetics, forensic science, big data, and the Incel movement-and she concludes that ignorance is a complex phenomenon that can, on occasion, benefit individuals and society as a whole-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. The Many Faces of Ignorance

2. Empty Graves: Ignorance, Forgetting, and Denial in War

3. The Secret in the Body: Knowledge and Ignorance about Genes

4. Denial of Illness

5. Love Is Blind

6. The Fear of Being Ignored: From Incel to Impostor

7. The Delusion of Big Data

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-187) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 26, 2021)

Other Format:

Print version: Salecl, Renata, 1962- A passion for ignorance

ISBN:

0-691-20202-8

9780691202020

0691202028

OCLC:

1155482690