The Problem With Stupid

The Problem With Stupid Ignorance, Intellectuals, Post-Truth and Resistance

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.
 

Book information

ISBN: 9781803410760
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Imprint: Zer0 Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 128.3
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 168
Weight: 176g
Height: 140mm
Width: 217mm
Spine width: 12mm