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PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press

ISBN-100252071271

ISBN-139780252071270

eBay Product ID (ePID)2408138

Product Key Features

Number of Pages376 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameStupidity

SubjectGeneral, Modern / General

Publication Year2002

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Philosophy

AuthorAvital Ronell

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight15.5 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"The foremost thinker of the repressed conditions of knowledge, Avital Ronell, with the Nietzschean audacity characteristic of her thought, probes the philosophical no-man's land of stupidity." -- Jean-Luc Nancy, author of The Sense of the World"[An] energetic book . . . [Ronell's] fifth and perhaps most accomplished. . . . Stupidity as Ronell understands it is a kind of black hole devouring the light of rationality itself." -- Jonathan Re, Times Literary Supplement"In the face of the Enlightenment, stupidity disrupts, disturbs, or dissents. . . . Disrupt, disturb, and dissent -- that is just what Ronell means to do in this book." -- Edward Rothstein, New York Times"[Ronell] proves herself yet again to be one of the most original and exciting of contemporary critics. . . . If you at all suspect that you might be intelligent, do not avoid Stupidity -- embrace it." -- Choice"Stupidity is remarkable in its ability to connect and co-articulate questions of Western literature and philosophy in a language that is original, moving, and exact." --differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies, ''The foremost thinker of the repressed conditions of knowledge, Avital Ronell, with the Nietzschean audacity characteristic of her thought, probes the philosophical no-man's land of stupidity.'' -- Jean-Luc Nancy, author of The Sense of the World ''[An] energetic book ... [Ronell's] fifth and perhaps most accomplished... Stupidity as Ronell understands it is a kind of black hole devouring the light of rationality itself.'' -- Jonathan Re, Times Literary Supplement ''In the face of the Enlightenment, stupidity disrupts, disturbs, or dissents... Disrupt, disturb, and dissent -- that is just what Ronell means to do in this book.'' -- Edward Rothstein, New York Times ''[Ronell] proves herself yet again to be one of the most original and exciting of contemporary critics... If you at all suspect that you might be intelligent, do not avoid Stupidity -- embrace it.'' -- Choice ''Stupidity is remarkable in its ability to connect and co-articulate questions of Western literature and philosophy in a language that is original, moving, and exact.'' --differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies

Dewey Decimal809/.93353

SynopsisIn 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.