What are the politics of ignorance in an age of misinformation? How can the concept of ‘wilful blindness’ help us to understand the logics involved? We start the introduction to this special issue by arguing that the intrinsic instability of wilful blindness draws valuable attention to the graded nature of intentionality and perception, and the tensions between them. These features are an essential part of the workings of ignorance, as we illustrate with reference to the shifting intentions of drug couriers, the fleeting moments in which the humanity of victims is recognised in the midst of violent acts, and the affects that channel economic behaviour, such as in the subprime mortgage crisis. When approaching perception and intentionality as complexly entangled in institutionalised fields of power, ‘wilful blindness’ emerges as a powerful and critical diagnostic of the epistemic instabilities of our time.

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故意失明的动力学：介绍

在错误信息的时代，无知的政治是什么？“故意视而不见”的概念如何帮助我们理解所涉及的逻辑？我们通过论证故意失明的内在不稳定性引起了对意向性和感知的分级性质以及它们之间的紧张关系的宝贵关注，从而开始了对本期特刊的介绍。这些特征是无知运作的重要组成部分，正如我们参考毒品运送者的意图转变、在暴力行为中受害者的人性被承认的短暂时刻以及引导经济行为的影响所说明的那样比如次贷危机。当接近与制度化的权力领域复杂纠缠在一起的知觉和意向性时，