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Matthijs van Boxsel believes that no one is intelligent enough to understand their own stupidity. In The Encyclopædia of Stupidity he shows how stupidity manifests itself in all areas, in everyone, at all times, proposing that stupidity is the foundation of our civilization.
In short sections with such titles as ‘The Blunderers’ Club’, ‘Fools in Hell’, ‘Genealogy of Idiots’, and ‘The Aesthetics of the Empty Gesture’, stupidity is analysed on the basis of fairy tales, cartoons, triumphal arches, garden architecture, Baroque ceilings, jokes, flimsy excuses and science fiction. But Van Boxsel wants to do more than just assemble a ‘shadow cabinet’ of wisdom; he tries to fathom the logic of this opposite world. Where do understanding and intelligence begin and end? He examines mythic fools such as Cyclops and King Midas, cities such as Gotham, archetypes including the dumb blonde, and traditionally stupid animals such as the goose, the donkey and the headless chicken.
Van Boxsel posits that stupidity is a condition for intelligence, that blunders stimulate progress, that failure is the basis for success. In this erudite and witty book he maintains that our culture is the product of a series of failed attempts to comprehend stupidity.
Acerca del autor: Matthijs van Boxsel is a literary historian who has been researching, writing and lecturing on stupidity for the last 20 years.
Título: The Encyclopedia of Stupidity
Editorial: Reaktion Books
Año de publicación: 2003
Encuadernación: Hardcover
Condición: Very Good
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Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: Orphans Treasure Box, Champaign, IL, Estados Unidos de America
hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Image on cover of dust jacket is different than that shown. Ships quickly. Almost like new. Minimal shelf/reading wear. Orphans Treasure Box sells books to raise money for orphans and vulnerable kids. Nº de ref. del artículo: AZP-02262025-tfog054
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Librería: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
24.0 x 16.0cms 206pp 55 b/w illusts very good+ hardback & dustwrapper This book shows how (scientific and academic) misunderstandings and mishaps lie at the foundation of our civilisation. It concludes that stupidity iis a crucial condition for intelligence and stimulates progress. Nº de ref. del artículo: 20405946
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Librería: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, Truth or consequences, NM, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Reprint. 206pp.; HB black w/white; slight rub w/clean, tight pgs. DJ brick w/white pic. cover; slight rub. "In a myriad of instructive and entertaining anecdotes, . we are shown that stupidity is in fact the foundation of our civilization. . the author posits that no one is intelligent enough to understand their own stupidity." illus. isbn 1861891598. Nº de ref. del artículo: 060496
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Librería: Bahamut Media, Reading, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Nº de ref. del artículo: 6545-9781861891594
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. The Encyclopedia of Stupidity This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Nº de ref. del artículo: 7719-9781861891594
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