In this book, the 'pictorial turn' is considered from the perspectives across the humanities and social sciences in order to consider what pictures or images are, how they operate on observers and the world, and how their history is to be understood. This book was published as a special issue of Culture, Theory and Critique.
In this book, the 'pictorial turn' is considered from the perspectives across the humanities and social sciences in order to consider what pictures or...
"Idiotism" examines the condition of society in late capitalism where the market logic of neoliberalism has become the new common sense, taken as the model for the organisation and management of all aspects of social life. Using the Greek word idios, meaning 'private', Neal Curtis calls this privatisation of the world idiotism . Constructing a new vocabulary with which to understand contemporary 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,...
"Idiotism" examines the condition of society in late capitalism where the market logic of neoliberalism has become the new common sense, taken as the ...
