Problem with Stupid, The: ignorance, intellectuals, post-truth and resistance

di Tom Grimwood (Autore)

Collective Ink, 2023

In the past two decades, the rise of a particular commonplace in public debate has emerged on both the Left and the Right: the threat of 'the stupid.' Far from a throwaway ad hominem, stupidity has become a key trope for both explaining and criticising the election results, culture wars and the advances of post-truth. But how do we negotiate 'the stupid' in a meaningful way? Does critique and resistance depend on the mobilisation of intellect, and what does the prevalence of stupidity as a commonplace suggest about the risks of such a mobilisation? What are the resources to work through it outside of condemnation or insult? Taking 'the stupid' as a primary figure in today's cultural rhetoric, Tom Grimwood uses internet memes, film and media, alongside philosophical inquiry, to present a series of interventions in the assumptions of what makes 'the stupid' dangerous and how to move beyond these assumptions into effective resistance.  

• Autore: Tom Grimwood
• Editore: Collective Ink
• Anno: 2023
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 168 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• EAN: 9781803410760

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