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Sloterdijk Now

ISBN: 978-0-745-65135-4

November 2011

Polity

212 pages

Description
Peter Sloterdijk is one of the most challenging and contentious thinkers currently working within the European tradition. This is the first collection devoted to his work for English-language audiences and will act as an introduction to his work, set an agenda for engagement with his ideas, and relate his writings to a range of political, theoretical and practical contexts.

Since his philosophical bestseller Critique of Cynical Reason (1983), Sloterdijk has exercised an important influence over German and other European thought and recently interest in his diverse oeuvre has grown considerably. The past few years have seen a number of his books translated into English, with many more to come. The book seeks to do justice to the breadth of Sloterdijk’s work throughout his career, orientated around the central topics of cynicism, ressentiment, the posthuman, space and world, art and literature, language, social science and his role as a public intellectual. Contributors include Babette Babich, Sjoerd van Tuinen, Eduardo Mendieta, Marie-Eve Morin, Efrain Kristol, Wieland Hoban, Nigel Thrift, Jean-Pierre Couture, and Sloterdijk himself.

An explicitly interdisciplinary project, Sloterdijk Now is a crucial introduction to the work of this central thinker, in its complexity, variety and notoriety. It is set to spark debate amongst students and scholars across the humanities and social sciences.

About the Author
Stuart Elden is Professor of Political Geography at Durham University.
Features
  • Peter Sloterdijk is one of the most challenging and controversial figures in contemporary continental philosophy.
  • This book represents the first major engagement with Sloterdijk’s thought in the English language, and will provoke new debates across the humanities.
  • The collection ranges across the full breadth of Sloterdijk’s work, covering such key topics as cynicism, ressentiment, posthumanism and the role of the public intellectual.
  • Features contributions by leading scholars such as Nigel Thrift, Wieland Hoban, Eduardo Mendieta and Sloterdijk himself.