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Rage and Time: A Psychopolitical Investigation
Peter Sloterdijk
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Description for Rage and Time: A Psychopolitical Investigation
Hardback. Translator(s): Wenning, Mario. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
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. By way of reinterpreting the Iliad, Alexandre Dumas's Count of Monte Cristo, and recent Islamic political riots ... Read more
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. By way of reinterpreting the Iliad, Alexandre Dumas's Count of Monte Cristo, and recent Islamic political riots ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Series
Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231145220
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V9780231145220
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About Peter Sloterdijk
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.
Reviews for Rage and Time: A Psychopolitical Investigation
Peter Sloterdijk attempts rather impressively what many academic writers desperately seek and frequently fail to achieve: he writes a highly relevant and incisive analysis of the current state of world affairs by analyzing the role of anger in contemporary global conflicts.
Ulrich Baer, New York University, and author of Spectral Evidence: The Photography of Trauma A brilliant and conceptually ... Read more
Ulrich Baer, New York University, and author of Spectral Evidence: The Photography of Trauma A brilliant and conceptually ... Read more