Fast Capitalism
Abstract
Curiosity, a simultaneously intellectual and emotional phenomenon, is surprisingly unstudied, yet pivotal for social critics and activists to understand. While recognizing curiosity as frequently positive and necessary for creating new solidarities and political movements, it also considers the social and political roots and consequences of incuriosity, apathy, and ignorance, including such topics as willful apathy as cultural resistance and self-defense, ignorance as an ethical choice, incuriosity as arrogance, and the generalized anxiety of neoliberal society and the shrinking of curiosity.
Author Biography
Eva-Maria Swidler, Curtis Institute of Music
Eva Swidler is an environmental historian and political economist with additional interest in pedagogy and the politics of higher education. She can be reached at eva.swidler@curtis.edu.
Recommended Citation
Swidler, Eva-Maria
(2020)
"The Politics of Curiosity,"
Fast Capitalism: Vol. 17:
Iss.
2, Article 12.
DOI: 10.32855/1930-014X.1244
Available at:
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/fastcapitalism/vol17/iss2/12