by Esther Vilar · Plaza y Janés. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401230073
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«El encanto de la estupidez» is the philosophical essay by Esther Vilar, published by Plaza y Janés in paperback (216 pages, in Spanish).
In this essay, Esther Vilar examines stupidity as a social phenomenon linked to a lack of imagination and sensitivity, and asks about its causes and effects on human behaviour. Vilar's deliberately provocative analysis champions the value of intelligence and creativity over the comfort of not thinking.
Work translated from German («Der betörende Glanz der Dummheit») by Manuel Vázquez. The Spanish edition was published in 1989.
For readers of philosophy and sociology seeking a provocative essay on intelligence and creativity in human behaviour.
Esther Margareta Vilar is an Argentine-German writer. She trained and practised as a medical doctor before establishing herself as an author. She is best known for her 1971 book The Manipulated Man and its various follow-ups, which argue that, contrary to common feminist and women's rights rhetoric, women in industrialized cultures are not oppressed, but rather exploit a well-established system of manipulating men.
