AgnotologyWhat don't we know, and why don't we know it? What keeps ignorance alive, or allows it to be used as a political instrument? Agnotologythe study of ignoranceprovides a new theoretical perspective to broaden traditional questions about "how we know" to ask: Why don't we know what we don't know? The essays assembled in Agnotology show that ignorance is often more than just an absence of knowledge; it can also be the outcome of cultural and political