Roy (Hrsg.) Dilley

Regimes of Ignorance

Anthropological Perspectives on the Production and Reproduction of Non-Knowledge

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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… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Kirsch, Thomas G. (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-78238-838-8
EAN: 9781782388388
Produktnummer: 19202002
Verlag: Berghahn Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 222 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.6 cm 481 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 481

Über den Autor

Thomas G. Kirsch is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Konstanz. Recent publications include Spirits and Letters: Reading, Writing and Charisma in African Christianity (Berghahn Books, 2008), Domesticating Vigilantism in Africa (co-edited with Tilo Grätz; James Currey, 2010) and Ethical Fields in Africa (co-edited with Astrid Bochow and Rijk van Dijk, 2017).