1. Introduction 2. Ignorance: Current Conceptualisation 3. Ignorance... Knowledge Interrupted 4. Abjection, Taboo and Dangerous Knowledge 5. The (Bio)Politics of Ignorance 6. Ignorance in Nursing: Its Uses and Abuses 7. Conclusion
Amélie Perron is Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Trudy Rudge is the Professor of Nursing (Social Sciences and Humanities) at Sydney Nursing School, University of Sydney, Australia.
Perron and Rudge provide an indispensible and clearly articulated
work that situates the concept of ignorance in its rightful place
as knowledge. The remarkable notion that nurses and others in
health care pay attention to what is unknown, silenced, hidden,
glossed over, and simply ignored should become an essential—a
foundation to practice that is rooted in critical analysis. This is
an important book as we head further into the 21st century, where
the recognition and acknowledgement of what we do not know may be
just the thing that saves humans and the planet. On the Politics of
Ignorance in Nursing and Health Care is imperative reading to
underpin the framework of any pedagogical, scholarly, clinical,
administrative, or activist endeavor. Paula N. Kagan, PhD, RN,
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, DePaul University Chicago,
USAEditor, Philosophies and Practices of Emancipatory Nursing:
Social Justice as Praxis, Routledge, 2014 (with Marlaine C. Smith
and Peggy L. Chinn)Perron and Rudge have delivered a provocative
and original work. Shining a light on the darkness of ignorance,
the authors reveal its uses and its political power in health care
policy and practice. An intelligent and penetrating piece of
scholarship, this is a book to unsettle the reader's certainties.
Be prepared to embrace an ethics of discomfort! Sioban Nelson,
Professor, Vice-Provost Academic Programs, Vice-Provost Faculty and
Academic Life, University of Toronto, CanadaThis is a remarkable
book. It reminds of the importance of doubt, uncertainty and
immersion for knowledge. Moving between philosophical insight,
sociological theory and empirical example, it offers a unique
approach to
interrogating nursing and health care practice. Its insight is to
put ignorance centre stage for illuminating the biopolitics of how
nurses conduct care.
Joanna Latimer, Professor of Sociology, Cardiff Universiy, School
of Social Science
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