×


 x 

Shopping cart
Peter Sloterdijk - In The Shadow of Mount Sinai - 9780745699233 - V9780745699233
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

In The Shadow of Mount Sinai

€ 47.11
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for In The Shadow of Mount Sinai Hardcover. In this short book Peter Sloterdijk clarifies his views on religion and its role in pre-modern and modern societies. He begins by returning to the Mount Sinai episode in the Book of Exodus, where he identifies the emergence of what he calls the 'Sinai Schema'. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 174.

In this short book Peter Sloterdijk clarifies his views on religion and its role in pre-modern and modern societies. He begins by returning to the Mount Sinai episode in the Book of Exodus, where he identifies the emergence of what he calls the �Sinai Schema�. At the core of monotheism is the logic of belonging to a community of confession, of being a true believer - this is what Sloterdijk calls the Sinai Schema. To be a member of a people means that you submit to the beliefs of the community just as you submit to its language. Monotheism is ... Read more

On the basis of this analysis of the inner logic of monotheism, Sloterdijk retraces its historical legacy and shows how this account enables us to understand why we react so nervously today to all forms of fundamentalism - whether that of radical Islamists, the Catholic Pius Brotherhood or evangelical sects in the USA

Show Less

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745699233
SKU
V9780745699233
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-30

About Peter Sloterdijk
Peter Sloterdijk is Professor of Philosophy and Aesthetics at the Karlsruhe School of Design.

Reviews for In The Shadow of Mount Sinai
"Subjectivity is minted in the fire of introjected violence, we learned from Adorno and Horkheimer. Sloterdijk, following on their trail, argues in this short but rich essay, that the ritualistic violence of orthodoxy that is the crucible of peoples is prior and more foundational. God is born from and kept alive by the blood of martyrs to the purity of ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for In The Shadow of Mount Sinai


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!