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Title: Critique of Cynical Reason (Theory and History of Literature, Vol 40) by Peter Sloterdijk, Michael Eldred, Andreas Huyssen ISBN: 0-8166-1586-1 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: January, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic Phenomenology of the Spirit, Like Hegel...
Comment: Sloterdijk adheres to the theories advanced by Immanuel Kant in the Critique of Pure Reason, but begins where Kant left off by exposing the force behind dynamic individualism. In other words, the a priori of Kant becomes the a posteriori here--the experience alone mitigates life. Rather than dwelling endlessly on mathematical knowledge, as Kant did, Sloterdijk's epistemology more nearly resembles David Hume's. Indeed, in shaping his discussion of logical versus factual propositions, knowledge by acquaintance is always knowledge based upon what Hume called "impressions". The 'cynical' aspect of the title derives from the "enlightened false consciousness" Sloterdijk finds in modern society.
Rating: 5
Summary: Parallels to Boethius' "Consolation of Philosophy"
Comment: Sloterdijk's categorical imperative centers on the phenomenology of reason and judgment, without the excess baggage one finds in Kant. Describing an arc, for example, Sloterdijk reveals the nuances of and reasoning surrounding a curve, bending the parallax of the necessary optical effect.
Sloterdijk's humor is not lost, either, for his critique blends the effusive as well as effective. I highly recommend this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Sloterdijk confronts nihilism--and has a better idea
Comment: "Mistrust is the intelligence of the disadvantaged," or "In any form of erudition, intelligence risks its life" or "emigration has become a fact of mass psychology"--these are among hundreds of aphoristic statements that make Sloterdijk's wide-ranging studies and well-reasoned observations on cynicism, Diogenes and the search for truth, Nietzsche, Marx, and the contemporary human situation so striking. He's had enough of nihilism (and all its intellectual and industrial applications), and tells you why. And the book's illustrated with extraordinary aptness--everything from medieval woodcuts to Pasolini. In short, he clears a space to think--a rare event. To read a present-day Lucian who can shake hands with Kierkegaard, read this book.
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Title: Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life (Meridian (Stanford, Calif.).) by Giorgio Agamben, Daniel Heller-Roazen ISBN: 0804732183 Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Organs Without Bodies: On Deleuze and Consequences by Slavoj Zizek ISBN: 0415969212 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: For They Know Not What They Do: Enjoyment As a Political Factor by Slavoj Zizek ISBN: 185984460X Publisher: Verso Books Pub. Date: 07 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre of Political Ontology by Slavoj Zizek ISBN: 1859842917 Publisher: Verso Books Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Reflections by Walter Benjamin ISBN: 080520802X Publisher: Schocken Books Pub. Date: 12 March, 1986 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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