'Actual Idiocy' and the Sublime Object of Susan Boyle

David Calvert

doi:10.1057/9781137403193_13

'Actual Idiocy' and the Sublime Object of Susan Boyle

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Abstract

This chapter is provoked and inspired by Žižek in equal measure. The provocation comes from a fleeting reference to ‘actual idiots’, a term used in the background of Žižek’s analysis of the protagonists in the film Idioterne.1 The consideration of this term prompts a reflection on what might constitute ‘actual idiocy’ as a topic for analysis in its own right.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Žižek and Performance
Editors	Broderick Chow, Alex Mangold
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Chapter	12
Pages	178-195
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9781137403193
ISBN (Print)	9781137410900, 9781349489138, 9781349489121
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137403193_13
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Name	Performance Philosophy
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan

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Dave Calvert
- D.A.Calvert@hud.ac.uk
- Department of Media and Performance - Senior Lecturer
- School of Music, Humanities and Media
- Research Centre for Performance Practices - Member
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