Idiots: The History of the Homo Nullus - Couverture souple

Emmerling, Leonhard

 
9781803096551: Idiots: The History of the Homo Nullus
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1803096551 ISBN 13 : 9781803096551
Editeur : Seagull Books, 2026

Synopsis

In a world obsessed with expertise and control, the figure of the idiot illuminates deeper truths about society.

Dostoevsky and Nietzsche wrote about him; Dadaists and punks idolized him; artists like Warhol and Beuys made him their icon. From holy fool to punk rebel, the idiot—a figure that traces its roots back to the Greek idiotes, a person who was alienated from public life—has always challenged society’s norms from the margins. Far from a simple madman, the idiot is a powerful subversive, a person who disregards norms and finds profound insight in a state of unmediated inspiration. Using a cross-disciplinary approach bridging literature, religion, art, and philosophy, this volume traces a rich journey up to the present, where the idiot reemerges in a dramatic twist: a public figure who inverts social norms, confounds the boundary between private and public, and declares a new, paradoxical view of the world.

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À propos des auteurs

Leonhard Emmerling is an art historian who has worked as a curator and writer in Germany, New Zealand, and India. He currently serves as the director of the Goethe-Institut Chicago.

Parnal Chirmuley is associate professor at the Centre of German Studies, School of Language Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.

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Éditeur
Seagull Books
Date d'édition
2026
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1803096551
ISBN 13 
9781803096551
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
292
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Personne responsable
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