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Category Text Publication
Reference Category Book chapters
DOI 10.4324/9781003100607-2
Title (Primary) Revolutionary epistemology: The promise and peril of ignorance studies
Title (Secondary) Routledge international handbook of ignorance studies. Second edition
Author Gross, M.; McGoey, L.
Publisher Gross, M.; McGoey, L.
Source Titel Routledge International Handbooks
Year 2023
Department SUSOZ
Page From 3
Page To 14
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
UFZ wide themes RU6
UFZ inventory Leipzig, Bibliothek, Hauptlesesaal, 00542531, 165 Rou 22-0188
Abstract The value of acknowledging limitations within existent theories of political and social challenge is where the promise of ignorance studies lies. The term was deliberately chosen as broad, non-pejorative phrase allowing for wide variety of studies dealing with unknowns, uncertainties and knowledge gaps – good or bad – to avoid one-sided analyses from narrow disciplinary perspectives, and to urge scholars to examine how disciplinary silos can compound ignorance. The problem of epistemic privilege and epistemic disadvantage is particularly acute in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resuscitated long-standing questions about the rights and duties of private individuals in societies that are intractably interdependent. More empirical research is needed and underway that seeks to understand why some people are hesitant to trust the evidence-base for new vaccines while other groups, even those who insist that benefits far outweigh known risks, are wary of imposed vaccine mandates. The chapter also presents an overview on the key concepts discussed in this book.
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=26885
Gross, M., McGoey, L. (2023):
Revolutionary epistemology: The promise and peril of ignorance studies
In: Gross, M., McGoey, L. (eds.)
Routledge international handbook of ignorance studies. Second edition
Routledge International Handbooks
Routledge, Abingdon, p. 3 - 14 10.4324/9781003100607-2