{"product_id":"the-idiots-leonhard-emmerling-9781803096261","title":"The Idiots: The History of the Homo Nullus","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn a world obsessed with expertise and control, the figure of the idiot illuminates deeper truths about society.\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonhard Emmerling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1803096268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803096261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Leonhard Emmerling","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48801112686847,"sku":"9781803096261","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-idiots-leonhard-emmerling-9781803096261","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}