Idiotism - Capitalism and the Privatisation of Life

Informationen zum Autor Neal Curtis is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies at the University of Auckland. He is the author of War and Social Theory: World, Value, Identity (2006), Against Autonomy: Lyotard, Action and Judgement (2001) and editor of The Pictorial Turn (2010). Klappentext Idiotism examines society in late capitalism where the market logic of neoliberalism has become the new 'common sense'. Using the Greek word idios, meaning 'private', Neal Curtis calls this privatisation of the world 'idiotism'. Through constructing a new vocabulary with which to understand our society, Curtis examines 'idiotism' across the spheres of economics, politics and culture, drawing on the philosophy and political theories of Martin Heidegger, Louis Althusser, Franco Berardi, Jacques Rancière and Cornelius Castoriadis. This book recasts our conception of the new privatised world's 'common sense', presenting it as not simply a case of false consciousness, but an problem related to our own existence. Zusammenfassung A treatise against the 'common sense' of late capitalism

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Neal Curtis, Curtis Neal
• Editore: Pluto
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 09.11.2012
• EAN: 9780745331553
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3155-3
• Pagine: 184
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Cultural Studies, Capitalism, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Capitalism, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political Economy, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Political science and theory, Political Control & Freedoms, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Free Enterprise & Capitalism, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General