The Encyclopaedia Of Stupidity
Van Boxsel, Matthijs
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AUTHOR BIO
Matthijs van Boxsel is a literary historian who lives in Amsterdam.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
I. The Black Flag
II. The Blunderers' Club
III. Fallor, the Aerobat
IV. The Ha-Ha
V. Simpletons in Hell
VI. The Genealogy of Dullards
VII. On the Inherent Stupidity of Constitutional Monarchies
1. Stupidity as the Basis of Civilization
2. Man is a Grape
3. The Trifling Difference
4. Election Fever
5. Frogs, Logs, Snakes and Masks (Twelve Uneasy Pieces)
6. The Emperor's New Clothes
VIII. The Darwin Awards
1. Ecstasy
2. The Missing Link
3. Holy Madness
4. Clinamen
5. 'Pataphysics
6. The Stupidity of Encyclopaedias
Acknowledgements
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1861892314
ISBN(13-digit): 9781861892317
Copyright: 2005
Dewey Decimal: 153.9
Library of Congress: 2005362837
Book Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 207
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