Main entry:

Sloterdijk, Peter, 1947- author.

Title & Author:

Selected exaggerations : conversations and interviews, 1993-2012 / Peter Sloterdijk ; edited by Bernard Klein ; translated by Karen Margolis.

Edition:

English edition.

Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, [2016]

Description:

xxi, 328 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
In Place of a Preface, p.vii -- 1. The Half-Moon Man, p.1 -- 2. Why are People Media?, p.7 -- 3. World Estrangement and Diagnosis of our Times, p.12 -- 4. Uterus on Wheels, p.23 -- 5. Fire your Shrink!, p.25 -- 6. Philosophical Retuning, p.33 -- 7. We're Always Riding Down Maternity Drive, p.4 -- 8. Tackling the Unspoken Things in Culture, p.49 -- 9. On Wealth and Self-Respect, p.56 -- 10. Learning Is Joyful Anticipation of Oneself, p.65 -- 11. Postmen and Fallen Towers, p.76 -- 12. Raising our Heads: Pampering Spaces and Time Drifts, p.82 -- 13. Good Theory Doesn't Complain, p.106 -- 14. There Are No Individuals, p.113 -- 15. Confused People Spread Confusion, p.119 -- 16. Germans Want to Be Compelled: Theory for the Year's End, p.125 -- 17. Comparatists of Happiness, p.139 -- 18. Image and Perspective: An Experiment in Atmospheric Seeing, p.152 -- 19. On Progress: The Holy Fire of Dissatisfaction, p.164 -- 20. A Team of Hermaphrodites, p.175 -- 21. Under a Brighter Sky, p.183 -- 22. Making the Effort: The Reader, p.187 -- 23. Thus Spoke Sloterdijk, p.192 -- 24. Fathers Should Be Kept Away from Brothels and Pubs, p.202 -- 25. The Athletics of Dying, p.211 -- 26. Do Your Duty to Enjoy!, p.218 -- 27. Even a God Can't Save Us, p.226 -- 28. A Plug for Higher Energies, p.232 -- 29. Mortgaging the Air: The Financial Crisis, p.237 -- 30. Is There a Way Out of the Crisis of Western Culture?, p.256 -- 31. Questions of Fate: A Novel About Thought, p.265 -- 32. Humans in Repetition: The 21st Century will be Acrobatic, p.305 -- 33. With the Babble of Babylon in the Background, p.313 -- Bernhard Klein: Editorial Note, p.323 -- Appendix, p.327.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contents

ISBN:

9780745691657 (hardback)
074569165X (hardback)
9780745691664 (pbk.)
0745691668 (pbk.)

Subject:

Sloterdijk, Peter, 1947- Interviews.
Sloterdijk, Peter, 1947-
Sloterdijk, Peter 1947-
Philosophers Germany Interviews.
Philosophy, German 21st century.
Philosophes Allemagne Entretiens.
Philosophie allemande 21e siècle.
Philosophers.
Philosophy, German.
Germany.
(fast)Sloterdijk, Peter, 1947-
(fast)2000 - 2099
(fast)Philosophers.
(fast)Philosophy, German.
(fast)Germany.
(fast)Interviews.

Form/genre:

Interviews.
Interview.

Added entries:

Klein, Bernard, editor.
Margolis, Karen, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292520
Call No.: BIB 236835
Notes: paperback
Status: Available