{"product_id":"idiots-the-history-of-the-homo-nullus-9781803096551","title":"Idiots: The History of the Homo Nullus","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Leonhard Emmerling | Parnal Chirmuley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Popular Culture - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a world obsessed with expertise and control, the figure of the idiot illuminates deeper truths about society.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eidiotes\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890297749655,"sku":"9781803096551","price":2431.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781803096551.webp?v=1781179443","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/idiots-the-history-of-the-homo-nullus-9781803096551","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}