What does it mean to be an outsider in the era of a large "we"?
Philosophers, artists, writers, loners, wanderers — those who go "against the system" — become the key to understanding culture, politics, and oneself.
Ralph Konersman shows how modern...
society constructs a powerful collective "we" — and at the same time produces those who turn out to be "not like them". From Jacobin terror to pop culture, from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to David Bowie — the figure of the outsider traverses philosophy, literature, and media, changing masks but retaining its function: to reveal the limits of the norm.
Konersman subtly analyzes how mechanisms of solidarity and belonging turn into tools of exclusion. How an "eccentric" thinker becomes a threat. How a "queer thinker" transforms from a symbol of independence into a stigma. And how the market turns rebellion into style.
What does it mean to be an outsider in the era of a large "we"?
Philosophers, artists, writers, loners, wanderers — those who go "against the system" — become the key to understanding culture, politics, and oneself.
Ralph Konersman shows how modern society constructs a powerful collective "we" — and at the same time produces those who turn out to be "not like them". From Jacobin terror to pop culture, from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to David Bowie — the figure of the outsider traverses philosophy, literature, and media, changing masks but retaining its function: to reveal the limits of the norm.
Konersman subtly analyzes how mechanisms of solidarity and belonging turn into tools of exclusion. How an "eccentric" thinker becomes a threat. How a "queer thinker" transforms from a symbol of independence into a stigma. And how the market turns rebellion into style.
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