Publication Details |
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 |