A Passion for Ignorance : What We Choose Not to Know and Why /

"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 th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Salecl, Renata, 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Ignorance > Aspect social.
Ignorance (Theory of knowledge) > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 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

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