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Book SynopsisOne can rightly say of Peter Sloterdijk that each of his essays and lectures is also an unwritten book. That is why the texts presented here, which sketch a philosophical physiognomy of Martin Heidegger, should also be characterized as a collected renunciation of exhaustiveness.
Trade Review"This book is essential for anyone interested in one of the contemporary world's most prescient, prolific, and prominent philosophers."
Phenomenological Reviews“With his usual flair, philosophical finesse, and dazzling scholarship, Peter Sloterdijk shows us what it means to read Heidegger today, beyond accusation and apology. At a time when so many have decided to turn away from his thought, Sloterdijk teaches us a lesson in how to think with, but also after and beyond Heidegger. Not Saved is an impressive collection of essays, which touches expertly and delicately on a wide range of contemporary issues, such as globalization, technology, and the post-human condition. It will be discussed for many years to come.”
Miguel de Beistegui, Warwick UniversityTable of ContentsTranslators’ Introduction vii
Preface x
1. The Plunge and the Turn 1
Speech on Heidegger’s Thinking in Motion
2. Luhmann, Devil’s Advocate 49
Of Original Sin, the Egotism of Systems, and the New Ironies
3. The Domestication of Being 89
The Clarification of the Clearing
4. What Is Solidarity with Metaphysics at the Moment of Its Fall? 149
Note on Critical and Exaggerated Theory
5. Alētheia or the Fuse of Truth 175
Toward the Concept of a History of Unconcealment
6. Rules for the Human Park 193
A Response to Heidegger’s “Letter on ‘Humanism’”
7. Wounded by Machines 217
Toward the Epochal Significance of the Most Recent Medical Technology
8. The Time of the Crime of the Monstrous 237
On the Philosophical Justification of the Artificial
9. The Selfless Revanchist 251
A Note on Cioran
10. “An Essential Tendency toward Nearness Lies in Dasein” 257
Marginalia to Heidegger’s Doctrine of Existential Place
Notes 263
