Ignorance, Power and Harm - Agnotology and The Criminological Imagination (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book discusses the concept of 'agnosis' and its significance for criminology through a series of case studies, contributing to the expansion of the criminological imagination. Agnotology - the study of the cultural production of ignorance, has primarily been proposed as an analytical tool in the fields of science and medicine. However, this book argues that it has significant resonance for criminology and the social sciences given that ignorance is a crucial means through which public acceptance of serious and sometimes mass harms is achieved. The editors argue that this phenomenon requires a systematic inquiry into ignorance as an area of criminological study in its own right. Through case studies on topics such as migrant detention, historical institutionalised child abuse, imprisonment, environmental harm and financial collapse, this book examines the construction of ignorance, and the power dynamics that facilitate and shape that construction in a range of different contexts. Furthermore, this book addresses the relationship between ignorance and the achievement of 'manufactured consent' to political and cultural hegemony, acquiescence in its harmful consequences and the deflection of responsibility for them.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Critical Criminological Perspectives
Release date:	October 2018
First published:	2018
Editors:	Alana Barton • Howard Davis
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	243
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-97342-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > General
LSN:	3-319-97342-8
Barcode:	9783319973425

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