{"product_id":"idiocracy-the-culture-of-the-new-idiot-paperback","title":"Idiocracy: The Culture of the New Idiot - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZoran Terzic\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Turnbull\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a new quality of idiocy today. While the old idiot derived knowledge from isolation, the new idiot refuses all understanding of the world. A figure of systematic incompetence, the new idiot is impacting global culture and politics alike, giving rise to surprising, often absurd competences. Yesterday's \"fake news\" or \"post-truths\" can be read today as evidence of an ongoing transformation of self-politics in which the idiotic impulse is redefining our experience of the world. Despite talk of global awareness, the isolated self of the many is all the more effective. It brings about a culture of happy singletons strolling towards a black hole that has become their substitute for society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Zoran ​Terzic's wide-ranging essay takes up the figure of the idiot and follows its numerous appearances throughout intellectual history in an examination of the \"art of the idiotic\" that both reflects and transcends the freneticism of the present.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZoran Terzic, \u003c\/b\u003ePhD, born in Banja Luka, studied visual arts in New York and culture theory in Wuppertal. He lives in Berlin. \u003cb\u003eMichael Turnbull\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator from German into English of texts related to art such as \u003ci\u003eThe Moses Complex.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.19 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160056099047,"sku":"9783035803679","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8329\/8279\/files\/d6ea657244e0f48dd3f7490bc254f83a.webp?v=1780556105","url":"https:\/\/skinnonsmooth.myshopify.com\/products\/idiocracy-the-culture-of-the-new-idiot-paperback","provider":"SkinnOnSmooth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}