Rage and Time: A Psychopolitical Investigation (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture) - Softcover

Sloterdijk, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231145233 ISBN 13: 9780231145237

Verlag: Columbia University Press, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

While ancient civilizations worshipped strong, active emotions, modern societies have favored more peaceful attitudes, especially within the democratic process. We have largely forgotten the struggle to make use of thymos, the part of the soul that, following Plato, contains spirit, pride, and indignation. Rather, Christianity and psychoanalysis have promoted mutual understanding to overcome conflict. Through unique examples, Peter Sloterdijk, the preeminent posthumanist, argues exactly the opposite, showing how the history of Western civilization can be read as a suppression and return of rage.

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Peter Sloterdijk is professor of philosophy and president of the State Academy of Design at the University of Karlsruhe. His numerous works include the best-selling philosophical Critique of Cynical Reason and the Spheres trilogy.

Mario Wenning is assistant professor at the University of Macau. He publishes in the areas of critical theory and German idealism.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0231145233
• ISBN 13: 9780231145237
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
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