Description: "An original and provactive exploration of our capacity to ignore what is inconvenient or traumatic."--back cover
Review Quotes: "A thoughtful, nuanced examination of the social and psychological motivations for--and consequences of--ignorance or denial. . . . At a time when fake news, propaganda, political rhetoric, and dueling experts dominate the media, [Salecl]'s analysis offers a fresh way to think about the decisions each of us make to 'embrace ignorance and denial."-- "Kirkus Reviews"