agnotology

noun

Etymology: Coined by Irish linguist Iain Boal in 1992, deriving from the Neoclassical Greek word ἄγνωσις (ágnosis, “not knowing”), compare ἄγνωτος (ágnōtos), and -λογία (-logía).

1. The study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data.

   “Our interest here, though, is less in remediation than in what Nancy Tuana has called the "liberatory moment"—which brings us to a more subtle form of agnatology”

   “Indeed, the think tanks and corporations that employ economists frequently explicitly seek to foster ignorance as part of their business plans: that is the postmodern phenomenon of agnotology.”