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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810424903321

Autore

Curtis Neal

Titolo

Idiotism : capitalism and the privatisation of life / / Neal Curtis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press, 2013

ISBN

1-84964-788-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Disciplina

306.342

Soggetti

Capitalism

Privatization

Financial crises

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- 1. Enclosing the World, or Idiotism -- 2. The Ideology of Idiotism -- 3. Idiotism and Economics -- 4. Idiotism and Politics -- 5. Idiotism and Culture -- 6. Opening the World, or Democracy -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

'Idiotism' examines the condition of society in late capitalism where the market logic of neoliberalism has become the new 'common sense', taken as the model for the organisation and management of all aspects of social life.