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University of Illinois Press
Stupidity
Explores the fading empire of cognition, modulating stupidity into idiocy, puerility, and the figure of the ridiculous philosopher instituted by Kant. Drawing on a range of writers including Dostoevsky, Schlegel, Musil, and Wordsworth, this book investigates ignorance, dumbfoundedness, and the limits of reason.
In Stupidity Avital Ronell explores the fading empire of cognition, modulating stupidity into idiocy, puerility, and the figure of the ridiculous philosopher instituted by Kant. Drawing on a range of writers including Dostoevsky, Schlegel, Musil, and Wordsworth, Stupidity investigates ignorance, dumbfounded-ness, and the limits of reason.
- | Author: Avital Ronell
- | Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- | Publication Date: Dec 17, 2002
- | Number of Pages:
- | Language:
- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780252071270
- | ISBN-10: 0252071271
- Author:
- Avital Ronell
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:
- Dec 17, 2002
- Binding:
- Paperback / softback
- ISBN-13:
- 9780252071270
- ISBN10:
- 0252071271