Towards a Sociology of the Production of Ignorance in Contemporary Societies
IGNORANT MODERNITY AND HOMO IGNORANS
This paper develops the concepts of Ignorant Modernity and Homo Ignorans as analytical tools for understanding the paradoxical relationship between knowledge and ignorance in contemporary societies. Drawing upon agnotology, sociology of knowledge, risk theory, and theories of modernity, it argues that knowledge and ignorance grow together. Globalization, specialization, digitalization, expert systems, and information overload increase…
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