Unknowers - by Linsey McGoey (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Why have so few companies or people been held responsible for the catastrophic effects of the global financial crisis? Why are there repeated controversies over the safety of some of the world's bestselling pharmaceuticals?<br /> <br /> Unpacking a range of high profile examples--from the 2016 US presidential elections to the scandals surrounding News International--Linsey McGoey reveals how ignorance is more than just an absence of knowledge, but a useful tool in political and economic life. She explores how financial and political elites have become highly adept at harnessing ignorance for their own ends: strategically minimizing their responsibility and passing blame onto others. And how, in a "post-truth" era in which the average citizen is derided for knowing too little, it is the rich and powerful who benefit from ignorance most.<br /> <br /> Exploring the influence of the "known unknowns," shines a light on how elite ignorance is transforming all of our daily lives.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Ours is an era where truth-telling, leadership and authority have an increasingly feeble relationship. Linsey McGoey picks apart how strategic ignorance is a dastardly ploy that enables society's elites to avoid responsibility for their rampant pursuit of self-interest. Essential if we are to resist what is one of the most dangerous tendencies of the new normal in global politics." --<i>Carl Rhodes, co-author of CEO Society: The Corporate Takeover of Everyday Life</i> <p/>"i>'The Unknowers is a landmark study of the myriad ways in which ignorance infuses our social, political and economic lives. Linsey McGoey deftly weaves social thought and empirical analysis to rethink how the power to draw the boundaries between knowledge and ignorance can radically transform society and democracy." --<i>Claudia Aradau, King's College London</i> <p/>"What is most compelling about this book are the ways in which McGoey builds bridges between knowledge and ignorance practices, on the one hand, and processes of political and economic domination, on the other." --<i>Clémence Pinel, Critical Policy Studies</i> <p/>"i>'The Unknowers is a fascinating exploration of the many ways in which our societies are built on strategic lack of knowledge." --<i>Joshua Newman, Counterfire</i> <p/>"In this timely book, McGoey tells us how deliberate and willful ignorance are used in politics, law, media, health and especially economics, to get and keep power. And she tells us what we might do about it." --<i>Lynne Pettinger, University of Warwick</i> <p/>"The definitive book for our times on what makes strategic ignorance so 'strategic' in the hands of the powerful. If the truth can set us free, then it is only once we have taken back ignorance." --<i>Steve Fuller, author of Post-Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game</i> <p/>"This is McGoey at her absolute best. And what a tour de force <i>The Unknowers </i> is. Each chapter weaves its way backward and forward between events and evidence, past and future making, to offer original insights into how strategic ignorance and deliberate uncertainty keep those at the top in power." --<i>Susan L. Robertson, University of Cambridge</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Linsey McGoey is a writer and sociologist based in the United Kingdom. She has written for the <i>Guardian</i>, <i>The Times</i>, the <i>Spectator</i>, <i>Jacobin </i>and <i>Fortune</i>, is author of <i>No Such Thing as a Free Gift </i>(2015) and co-editor of the <i>Routledge Handbook of Ignorance Studies</i> (2015). She is currently a Reader in Sociology at the University of Essex, UK.<br>Linsey McGoey is a writer and sociologist based in the United Kingdom. She has written for the <i>Guardian</i>, <i>The Times</i>, the <i>Spectator</i>, <i>Jacobin </i>and <i>Fortune</i>, is author of <i>No Such Thing as a Free Gift </i>(2015) and co-editor of the <i>Routledge Handbook of Ignorance Studies</i> (2015). She is currently a Reader in Sociology at the University of Essex.</p>
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