An original and provocative exploration of our capacity to ignore
what is inconvenient or traumatic Ignorance, whether passive or
active, conscious or unconscious, has always been a part of the
human condition, Renata Salecl argues. What has changed in our
post-truth, postindustrial world is that we often feel overwhelmed
by the constant flood of information and misinformation. It
sometimes seems impossible to differentiate between truth and
falsehood and, as a result, there has been a backlash against the
idea of expertise, and a rise in the number of people actively
choosing not to know. The dangers of this are obvious, but Salecl
challenges our assumptions, arguing that there may also be a
positive side to ignorance, and that by addressing the role of
ignorance in society, we may also be able to reclaim the role of
knowledge. Drawing on philosophy, social and psychoanalytic theory,
popular culture, and her own experience, Salecl explores how the
passion for ignorance plays out in many different aspects of life
today, from love, illness, trauma, and the fear of failure to
genetics, forensic science, big data, and the incel movement-and
she concludes that ignorance is a complex phenomenon that can, on
occasion, benefit individuals and society as a whole. The result is
a fascinating investigation of how the knowledge economy became an
ignorance economy, what it means for us, and what it tells us about
the world today.
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