Jacques Derrida. The Notion of Stupidity. 2004

http://www.egs.edu/ Jacques Derrida lecturing about the notion of stupidity and its relationship to Gilles Deleuze, Lacan, Freud and Avital Ronell who is present at this seminar. free public open lecture for the students of the European Graduate School EGS, Media and Communication Studies department program, Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Europe, Paris 2004.

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[tookfounie]

You haven't done much reading have you?

[sicknessuntodeath]

I'm watching this video with my spirit monkey called noumenon. Later renamed Johnson for short. He is wearing a T-shirt declaring - 'I'm with stupid -->'

[capricioussole]

all questions are "dangerous", and danger is our business.

[edbingey]

@avoidingstudy Such an injunction is non-sensical.

[tlevy72]

@killpolitics not really the same (eg Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, Nancy...) but certainly incontournable

[sprucepantherkmt]

@BehaviorModification ur such a phony rofl "apropos"? come off it. jew.

[ssarkis1]

@killpolitics definitely check again. there's a ton of them you would probably find really interesting, far more interesting than Sartre i might add

[avoidingstudy]

@killpolitics dont forget baudrillard

[Arodinme6]

@killpolitics haha right. And I suppose people like Cixous and Foucault don't make it on your list.

[BehaviorModification]

@IvyLeagueJunkie : I simply have a question apropos a statement made in your comment. & I could very well be reading between the lines or making false assumptions so correct me if this is indeed the case. & if so I do apologize in advance. So help me here if u wish—how can there be "no right way but there" [still be] "dangerous questions to ask?" I agree that there can only be one 'Truth' or no truth. But w/o truth, does not danger itself become rather relativistic? What defines danger? Shalom!

[IvyLeagueJunkie]

This is better--I'm still not a fan of Derrida overall, but I'm a willing bystander of his theory of stupidity. He is far better in person than translation--not that this is a useful addition, even if it was a leap of faith for me personally. Respecting Derrida is a difficult endeavor if your introduction came via Richard Rorty--respecting both philosophers is a struggle, albeit one I am very grateful to have stumbled across. There is no right way-but there are dangerous questions to ask. Always

[rajasmasala]

very interessant