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Australian Books

It’s the Stupid, stupid

22 November 2014

9:00 AM

22 November 2014

9:00 AM

A Short History of Stupid Helen Razer and Bernard Keane

Allen & Unwin, pp.336, $29.99, ISBN: 9781760110543

Ironic Capitalisation of That Which You Do Not Like is apparently A Thing. You’ll forgive me for employing this Irritating Device, for after reading A Short History of Stupid, its ability to signal distain is rather infectious.

Crikey’s Bernard Keane and Helen Razer have come together to write a book critical of the tenor of public debate in Australia through a review of centuries of philosophical thought.

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