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The Anthropology of Ignorance: An Ethnographic Approach (Culture, Mind, and Society)
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Hardcover. Documents the many relationships and practices that depend on the suspension of knowledge or the generation, deployment, or recognition of ignorance. Editor(s): High, Casey; Kelly, Ann H.; Mair, Jonathan. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFP; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
The question of ignorance occupies a central place in anthropological theory and practice. This volume argues that the concept of ignorance has largely been pursued as the opposite of knowledge or even its obverse. Though they cover wide empirical ground - from clients of a fertility treatment center in New York to families grappling with suicide in Greenland - contributors share a commitment to understanding the concept as a productive, social practice. Ultimately, The Anthropology of Ignorance asks whether an academic commitment to knowledge can be squared with lived significance of ignorance and how taking it seriously might alter anthropological ... Read more
The question of ignorance occupies a central place in anthropological theory and practice. This volume argues that the concept of ignorance has largely been pursued as the opposite of knowledge or even its obverse. Though they cover wide empirical ground - from clients of a fertility treatment center in New York to families grappling with suicide in Greenland - contributors share a commitment to understanding the concept as a productive, social practice. Ultimately, The Anthropology of Ignorance asks whether an academic commitment to knowledge can be squared with lived significance of ignorance and how taking it seriously might alter anthropological ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Series
Culture, Mind and Society
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230340824
SKU
V9780230340824
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99-15
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Janne Flora (Cambridge) P.W.Geissler (LSHTM) Gretchen Pfeil (Chicago) Shunsuke Nozawa (Chicago) David S. Leitner (Cambridge) Valeria Procupez (John Hopkins) Tiffany Romain (Stanford).
Reviews for The Anthropology of Ignorance: An Ethnographic Approach (Culture, Mind, and Society)
"The Anthropology of Ignorance: An Ethnographic Approach brings an interesting balance of theory , conceptualisation, and case studies, mainly for scholars and not for undergraduates. As a matter of fact, many future essay s and books could be written thanks to the doors this book just opened." - European Journal of American Studies