Description
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.
About the Author
Zoran Terzic, PhD, born in Banja Luka, studied visual arts in New York and culture theory in Wuppertal. He lives in Berlin. Michael Turnbull is a translator from German into English of texts related to art such as The Moses Complex.
Reviews
"Arriving in translation from German, Zoran Terzic's Idiocracy: Thinking and Acting in the Age of the Idiot [. . .] identifies 'a new quality of idiocy today' that derives, not from mere ignorance, but from a deliberate refusal to understand things." * Insider Higher Ed *
Book Information
ISBN 9783035803679
Author Zoran Terzic
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Diaphanes AG
Publisher Diaphanes AG
Weight(grams) 266g
Dimensions(mm) 209mm * 137mm * 16mm