Ignorance : a global history /
"Throughout history, every age has thought of itself as more knowledgeable than the last. Renaissance humanists viewed the Middle Ages as an era of darkness, Enlightenment thinkers tried to sweep superstition away with reason, the modern welfare state sought to slay the "giant" of ign...
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New Haven ; London :
Yale University Press,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Ignorance in society
- What is ignorance?
- Philosophers on ignorance
- Collective ignorance
- Studying ignorance
- Histories of ignorance
- Ignorance of religion
- Ignorance of science
- Ignorance of geography
- Part II: Consequences of ignorance
- Ignorance in war
- Ignorance in business
- Ignorance in politics
- Surprises and catastrophes
- Secrets and lies
- Uncertain futures
- Ignoring the past
- Conclusion: New knowledge and new ignorance.
