ARGONAUT BOOKS

A rich, wide-ranging history of ignorance in all its forms, from antiquity to the present day Reviews "Ignorance: A Global History explores the myriad ways in which 'not-knowing' affects our lives, sometimes for good, sometimes for ill. . . . Burke takes all ignorance-rather than all knowledge-for his province. . . . Throughout . . . , Burke peppers readers with a flurry of striking factoids, quotations and anecdotes."-Michael Dirda, Washington Post"From this storehouse of historical data Burke offers a fascinating catalogue of the conditions and agency of ignorance."-Jeffre...Read More