Regimes of ignorance : anthropological perspectives on the production and reproduction of non-knowledge /
Non-knowledge should not be simply regarded as the opposite of knowledge, but as complementary to it: each derives its character and meaning from the other and from their interaction. Knowledge does not colonize the space of ignorance in the progressive march of science; rather, knowledge and ignora...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
[2015]
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| Series: | Methodology and history in anthropology ;
v. 29. |
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| Summary: | Non-knowledge should not be simply regarded as the opposite of knowledge, but as complementary to it: each derives its character and meaning from the other and from their interaction. Knowledge does not colonize the space of ignorance in the progressive march of science; rather, knowledge and ignorance are mutually shaped in social and political domains of partial, shifting and temporal relationships. This volume's ethnographic analyses provide a theoretical frame through which to consider the production and reproduction of ignorance, non-knowledge and secrecy, as well as the wider implications these ideas have for anthropology and related disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. -- from back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 215 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781782388388 1782388389 |