Stupidity

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

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 376

• Publisher
• University of Illinois Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780252071270

• Genres
• philosophy, theory, feminism

• Release date
• 2002