Idiotism Capitalism and the Privatisation of Life

Idiotism examines society in late capitalism where the market logic of neoliberalism has become the new 'common sense'. Using the Greek word idios, meaning 'private', Neal Curtis calls this privatisation of the world 'idiotism'. Through constructing a new vocabulary wi...

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Main Author: Curtis, Neal (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Pluto Press 2012
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