pt. 1. Historical treatments of ignorance in philosophy, literature and the human sciences -- pt. 2. Registering the unknown : ignorance as methodology -- pt. 3. Valuing and managing the unknown in science, technology and medicine -- pt. 4. Power and ignorance : oppression, emancipation and...

"Once treated as the absence of knowledge, ignorance has now become a highly influential and rapidly growing topic in its own right. This new edition of the seminal text in the field is fully revised and includes new and expanded chapters on religion; domestic law and jurisprudence; sexuality and...