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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Otobe, Nobutaka (1976-....)
Titre(s) : Stupidity in politics [Texte électronique] : its unavoidability and potential / Nobutaka Otobe
Publication : London : Routledge, 2021
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (199 pages)
Collection : Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 152
Lien à la collection : Routledge studies in social and political thought (Online)
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Stupidity permeates our perception and practice of politics. We frequently accuse
politicians, bureaucrats, journalists, voters, "elites," and "the masses" for their
stupidities. In fact, it is not only "populist politicians," "sensational journalism,"
and "uneducated voters" who are accused of stupidity. Similar accusations can be,
and in fact have been, made concerning those who criticize them as well. It seems
that stupidity is ubiquitous, unable to be contained within or attributed to one specific
political position, personal trait, or even ignorance and erroneous reasoning. Undertaking
a theoretical investigation of stupidity, this book challenges the assumption that
stupidity can be avoided. Otobe argues that the very ubiquity of stupidity implies
its unavoidability - that we cannot contain it in such domains as error, ignorance,
or "post-truth." What we witness is rather that one's reasoning can be sound, evidence-based,
and stupid. In revealing this unavoidability, he contends that stupidity is an ineluctable
problem not only of politics, but also of thinking. We become stupid because we think:
It is impossible to distinguish a priori stupid thought from upright, righteous thought.
Moreover, the failure to address the unavoidability of stupidity leads political theory
to the failure to acknowledge the productive moments that experiences of stupidity
harbor within. Such productive moments constitute the potential of stupidity - that
radical new ideas can emerge out of our seemingly banal and stupid thinking in our
daily political activity"
Sujet(s) : Bêtise -- Aspect politique
Philosophie politique
Indice(s) Dewey :
320.01 (23e éd.) = Science politique - Philosophie et théorie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780429492297. - ISBN 0429492294. - ISBN 9780429960468. - ISBN 0429960468. -
ISBN 0429960476. - ISBN 9780429960475. - ISBN 9780429960451 (erroné). - ISBN 042996045X
(erroné). - ISBN 9781138588431 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46840226r
Notice n° :
FRBNF46840226
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction: the unavoidability of stupidity ; Problematizing: deleuze on the image
of thought, and stupidity as an endogenous problem of thinking and politics ; Tracing:
democracy and intensified problematic of stupidity in Rousseau, J. S. Mill, Tocuqeville,
and Flaubert ; Facing/Missing: the problematical thinking and Kant's critical project
theory of political judgement as a critical project ; Being: Kobayashi and his unrepentance
of wartime critique ; Conclusion: the potential of stupidity.
