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Philosophical Temperaments: From Plato to Foucault
Peter Sloterdijk
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Description for Philosophical Temperaments: From Plato to Foucault
Hardback. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Peter Sloterdijk turns his keen eye to the history of western thought, conducting colorful readings of the lives and ideas of the world's most influential intellectuals. Featuring nineteen vignettes rich in personal characterizations and theoretical analysis, Sloterdijk's companionable volume casts the development of philosophical thinking not as a buildup of compelling books and arguments but as a lifelong, intimate struggle with intellectual and spiritual movements, filled with as many pitfalls and derailments as transcendent breakthroughs. Sloterdijk delves into the work and times of Aristotle, Augustine, Bruno, Descartes, Foucault, Fichte, Hegel, Husserl, Kant, Kierkegaard, Leibniz, Marx, Nietzsche, Pascal, Plato, Sartre, ... Read more
Peter Sloterdijk turns his keen eye to the history of western thought, conducting colorful readings of the lives and ideas of the world's most influential intellectuals. Featuring nineteen vignettes rich in personal characterizations and theoretical analysis, Sloterdijk's companionable volume casts the development of philosophical thinking not as a buildup of compelling books and arguments but as a lifelong, intimate struggle with intellectual and spiritual movements, filled with as many pitfalls and derailments as transcendent breakthroughs. Sloterdijk delves into the work and times of Aristotle, Augustine, Bruno, Descartes, Foucault, Fichte, Hegel, Husserl, Kant, Kierkegaard, Leibniz, Marx, Nietzsche, Pascal, Plato, Sartre, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Series
Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231153720
SKU
V9780231153720
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About Peter Sloterdijk
Peter Sloterdijk is professor of aesthetics and philosophy at the Institute of Design in Karlsruhe and teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. His numerous works include The Art of Philosophy: Wisdom as a Practice; Rage and Time: A Psychopolitical Investigation; and the best-selling Critique of Cynical Reason. Thomas Dunlap is also the translator of Wolfgang Benz's ... Read more
Reviews for Philosophical Temperaments: From Plato to Foucault
Overall, this is a scintillating introduction for Anglophone readers to a stimulating provocateur of contemporary European intellectual culture. Choice A highly engaging read.
Dylan S Bailey Marx & Philosophy Review of Books An excellent entry point into Sloterdijk's enormous body of work by way of an innovative retelling of philosophy's history.
Jonathan G. Wald Foucault Studies
Dylan S Bailey Marx & Philosophy Review of Books An excellent entry point into Sloterdijk's enormous body of work by way of an innovative retelling of philosophy's history.
Jonathan G. Wald Foucault Studies