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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.
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Stupidity, Avital Ronell
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- 2002
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- Title
- Stupidity
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Avital Ronell
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Publisher
- 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0252071271
- ISBN13
- 9780252071270
- Description
- 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.