Peter Sloterdijk is one of the most challenging and contentiousthinkers currently working within the European tradition. This isthe first collection devoted to his work for English-languageaudiences and will act as an introduction to his work, set anagenda for engagement with his ideas, and relate his writings to arange of political, theoretical and practical contexts.
Since his philosophical bestseller Critique of CynicalReason (1983), Sloterdijk has exercised an important influenceover German and other European thought and recently interest in hisdiverse oeuvre has grown considerably. The past few years have seena number of his books translated into English, with many more tocome. The book seeks to do justice to the breadth ofSloterdijk's work throughout his career, orientated aroundthe central topics of cynicism, ressentiment, the posthuman, spaceand world, art and literature, language, social science and hisrole as a public intellectual. Contributors include Babette Babich,Sjoerd van Tuinen, Eduardo Mendieta, Marie-Eve Morin, EfrainKristol, Wieland Hoban, Nigel Thrift, Jean-Pierre Couture, andSloterdijk himself.
An explicitly interdisciplinary project, Sloterdijk Nowis a crucial introduction to the work of this central thinker, inits complexity, variety and notoriety. It is set to spark debateamongst students and scholars across the humanities and socialsciences.