Philosophical understanding of marginality

Abstract

There are also reverse processes, when a successful and socialized person due to certain circumstances (personal crisis, great shock, drugs, illness, etc.) is on the social bottom, and such cases are not isolated. A special case is creative marginality, which is a kind of credo of those individuals who are fundamentally opposed to generally accepted norms (in particular, in art, philosophy, religion). Diogenes of Sinope, Benedict Spinoza and Friedrich Nietzsche were outright marginals. The founders of many religions, prophets and saints were marginalized, and there were also many marginalized artists. It is worth noting that sometimes marginality can be a sign of mental disorders (as in Vincent van Gogh), but it can also be an element of outrage (as in Salvador Dali). Outrageous marginality can bring good fortune, so in today's creative environment it is quite common.