{"product_id":"race-and-epistemologies-of-ignorance-paperback","title":"Race and Epistemologies of Ignorance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShannon Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNancy Tuana\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeading scholars explore how different forms of ignorance are produced and sustained, and the role they play in knowledge practices.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering a wide variety of philosophical approaches to the neglected philosophical problem of ignorance, this groundbreaking collection builds on Charles Mills's claim that racism involves an inverted epistemology, an epistemology of ignorance. Contributors explore how different forms of ignorance linked to race are produced and sustained and what role they play in promoting racism and white privilege. They argue that the ignorance that underpins racism is not a simple gap in knowledge, the accidental result of an epistemological oversight. In the case of racial oppression, ignorance often is actively produced for purposes of domination and exploitation. But as these essays demonstrate, ignorance is not simply a tool of oppression wielded by the powerful. It can also be a strategy for survival, an important tool for people of color to wield against white privilege and white supremacy. The book concludes that understanding ignorance and the politics of such ignorance should be a key element of epistemological and social\/political analyses, for it has the potential to reveal the role of power in the construction of what is known and provide a lens for the political values at work in knowledge practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Penn State at University Park, \u003cb\u003eShannon Sullivan \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies, and \u003cb\u003eNancy Tuana \u003c\/b\u003eis DuPont\/Class of 1949 Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies. Sullivan is the author of \u003ci\u003eRevealing Whiteness: The Unconscious Habits of Racial Privilege\u003c\/i\u003e, and Tuana is coeditor (with Sandra Morgen) of \u003ci\u003eEngendering Rationalities\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by SUNY Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.97 x 6.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53054176690400,"sku":"9780791471029","price":70.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/Pi5tCeIJl19780791471029.webp?v=1781294004","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/race-and-epistemologies-of-ignorance-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}