A01=Lars Svendsen
Author_Lars Svendsen
Category=QDH
Donald Trump
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politics
poor thinking
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wisdom
Product details
- ISBN 9781836391777
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Mar 2026
- Publisher: Reaktion Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This witty yet thoughtful book examines stupidity and idiocy, and their most dangerous incarnation: stupid idiocy – the unthinking embrace of flawed thinking. While philosophers chase wisdom, this book takes a humbler route, asking instead how we might think just a little less badly. Drawing sharp distinctions between not thinking and thinking poorly, and doubling down on bad thought, it reveals how deeply these failings are tied to our mental habits. With clarity and humour, it considers how stupidity shapes everyday life and public discourse. Within its pages is a chapter on politics and a pointed critique of Donald Trump, ‘stupid idiot supreme’. This is an accessible philosophical guide for anyone who wants to better understand – and perhaps reduce – their own foolishness.
Lars Svendsen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bergen, Norway. He has written fifteen books, including A Philosophy of Fear (2008), A Philosophy of Loneliness (2017), A Philosophy of Lying (2022) and A Philosophy of Hope (2024), all published by Reaktion.
