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Can I read Idiotism : Capitalism and the Privatisation of Life on EtoBox?
Idiotism : Capitalism and the Privatisation of Life by Neal Curtis is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Idiotism : Capitalism and the Privatisation of Life about?
Idiotism examines society in late capitalism where the market logic of neoliberalism has become the new ‘common sense’. <br> <br> 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,
Who reads Idiotism : Capitalism and the Privatisation of Life?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Neal Curtis
- Publisher
- Pluto Press ; Distributed in the United States of American exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780745331560
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Business, Sociology, Science
- Rating
- 3.6 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14