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With the six essays contained in this volume, Peter Sloterdijk builds on his monumental Spheres-trilogy which dealt with nothing less than an explanation of the development of human history based on an atmospheric-ecological concept. It allows Sloterdijk to describe the 20th century in an equally radical and surprising new way.
Sloterdijk analyses it as a time of accomplishments: the 20th century is the century of triumphant impatience that is capable of...
With the six essays contained in this volume, Peter Sloterdijk builds on his monumental Spheres-trilogy which dealt with nothing less than an explanation of the development of human history based on an atmospheric-ecological concept. It allows Sloterdijk to describe the 20th century in an equally radical and surprising new way.
Sloterdijk analyses it as a time of accomplishments: the 20th century is the century of triumphant impatience that is capable of anything; it’s the century of immediate execution in which the martial law of sanctions replaces patience, deferral and hope. This era never knew the Principle of Hope, but only ever a Principle of Now that was comprised of two cooperating items, the principle of impatience and the principle of free-of-charge. These principles become leading motives: from now on, it’s all about working in order to never have to work again. Every endeavour only has a temporary character. One is patient for one last time, so that finally, after the big discovery, one never has to be patient ever again. Europe’s most in-depth dream is that of unemployment originating from the material wealth.
Sloterdijk shows that such a dream can only come true if it is supported by a »universal treasure«: the entire globe and its unrestricted exploitation.
Peter Sloterdijk was born in 1947 and is professor emeritus of Aesthetics and Philosophy at the Institute of Design in Karlsruhe. The unmistakable characteristic of Peter Sloterdijk’s thought and writings is the way he embeds current issues in a long history. This way, he succeeds in redefining the current human condition, visualizes it from a hitherto unknown perspective, and finds evidence for unexpected or unsought connections. His book Kritik der zynischen Vernunft is one of the biggest-selling philosophical books of the 20th century.
Peter Sloterdijk was born in 1947 and is professor emeritus of Aesthetics and Philosophy at the Institute of Design in Karlsruhe. The unmistakable...
For half a century, Peter Sloterdijk has been recording thoughts, experiences and comments on current events every morning; since 2012, he has published two books with dated notes from this trove – to the enthusiasm of his readers and critics: »Opinions that know how to amaze, to illuminate and enlighten.« (FAZ) The notes in the latest instalment of this...
From time immemorial, man has had to organise his »metabolism with nature«. For Marx, the most important factor in this process was labour. When Prometheus, according to the myth,...
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Detours are the most direct paths to the centre. Peter Sloterdijk’s new work is proof of this theory: Located beyond topicality, theopoetics is, on first glance, about the attempts to make God or...
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After a longer time (of reflection), Peter Sloterdijk has succumbed to the inevitable. No one who has read Lines and Days, the previous book that was hyped by readers and reviewers, could resist demanding a sequel. Nor the temptation to make the private public, and vice versa.
His notes stand out from those of the blogger and internet-diary writers through their analytical...
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In his epoch-making book Spheres, which describes globalization from its beginnings to its state at the end of the 20th century, Peter Sloterdijk characterizes God as the »ultimate source...
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A group of five ageing people, three men, two women, applies to the German Research Foundation for financial support of a project entitled »Between Biology and the Humanities: On the...
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