Философия глупости : история и реальность того, что иррационально

"The unique feature of the book is that it is a product of the author's attempt to make something that all philosophers since ancient times were afraid of -- to speak about the stupidity. The word "philosophy" means "love for wisdom." To speak about philosophy of stupidity is to discredit yourself and the philosophy itself as a science. The author took the risk to make it. He speaks about stupidity in such unexpected areas of our life as: the most famous philosophical streams; mass and crowd as fomrs of stupidity; stupidity in religion, culture (kitsch, show-business, advertisement, mass-media), in politics (terrorism, fascism, totalitarianism, racism, violence). The main message of the book is that it stimulates us to think about stupidity and so to overcome it. The book will be of special interest for philosophers, culture experts, historians and for all those who are wise enough to accept the inevitability of stupidity."--Title page verso