- Description
- 1 online resource (195 pages)
- 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"--
- Uniform Title
- Passion for ignorance (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Passion for ignorance (Online)
- Subject
- Ignorance (Theory of knowledge) > Social aspects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-187) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2020022587
- OCLC
- ssj0002329621
- Author
Salecl, Renata, 1962-
- Title
A passion for ignorance [electronic resource] : what we choose not to know and why / Renata Salecl.
- Imprint
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-187) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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