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A very provocative, historically penetrating, and paradigm-changing analysis of both modern and postmodern thought, which may be considered one of Peter Sloterdijk's most brilliant contributions to date to what has come to be called 'public philosophy.' This translation is vigorous and engaging and captures in different contexts the ramifications and rhetorical force of Sloterdijk's original German. -- Carl Raschke, University of Denver ...spicily vigorous... Guardian A spirited brief for Aristotelian-moderated philosophy... -- Carlin Romano Chronicle of Higher Education

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Translator's Note Introduction: Theory as a Form of the Life of Practice 1. Theory and Asceticism 2. The observer has come: The Creation of Persons Fit for Epoche 3. Theory and Suspended Animation and Its Metamorphoses 4. Cognitive Modernism: The Assassination Attempts on the Neutral Observer Name index

The Art of Philosophy

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    A Paperback / softback by Peter Sloterdijk, Karen Margolis

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: 02/10/2012
      ISBN13: 9780231158718, 978-0231158718
      ISBN10: 0231158718

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      A very provocative, historically penetrating, and paradigm-changing analysis of both modern and postmodern thought, which may be considered one of Peter Sloterdijk's most brilliant contributions to date to what has come to be called 'public philosophy.' This translation is vigorous and engaging and captures in different contexts the ramifications and rhetorical force of Sloterdijk's original German. -- Carl Raschke, University of Denver ...spicily vigorous... Guardian A spirited brief for Aristotelian-moderated philosophy... -- Carlin Romano Chronicle of Higher Education

      Table of Contents
      Translator's Note Introduction: Theory as a Form of the Life of Practice 1. Theory and Asceticism 2. The observer has come: The Creation of Persons Fit for Epoche 3. Theory and Suspended Animation and Its Metamorphoses 4. Cognitive Modernism: The Assassination Attempts on the Neutral Observer Name index

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