Regimes of Ignorance: Anthropological Perspectives on the Production and Reproduction of Non-Knowledge Contributor(s): Dilley, Roy (Editor), Kirsch, Thomas G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1782388389 ISBN-13: 9781782388388 Publisher: Berghahn Books
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2015 Click for more in this series: Methodology & History in Anthropology |
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BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Philosophy | Epistemology - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 301.01 |
LCCN: 2015002052 |
Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.03 lbs) 224 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Index |
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Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dilley, Roy: - Roy Dilley is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews. His books include Islamic and Caste Knowledge Practices among Haalpulaaren (2004), Nearly Native, Barely Civilized: Henri Gaden's Journey Across Colonial French West Africa (2014) and Rencontres photographiques: Henri Gaden, photographe, en Afrique Occidentale, with the Archives nationales d'outre-mer, Aix-en-Provence. Kirsch, Thomas G.: -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). |
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