{"product_id":"out-of-the-world-paperback","title":"Out of the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Sloterdijk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCorey A. Dansereau\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eGill Zimmermann\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this essential early work, the preeminent European philosopher Peter Sloterdijk offers a cross-cultural and transdisciplinary meditation on humanity's tendency to refuse the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeveloping the first seeds of his anthropotechnics, Sloterdijk theorizes consciousness as a medium, tuned and retuned over the course of technological and social history. His subject here is the \"world-alien\" (\u003ci\u003eWeltfremdheit\u003c\/i\u003e) in man that was formerly institutionalized in religions, but is increasingly dealt with in modern times through practices of psychotherapy. Originally written in 1993, this almost clairvoyant work examines how humans seek escape from the world in cross-cultural and historical context, up to the mania and world-escapism of our cybernetic network culture. Chapters delve into artificial habitats and forms of intoxication, from early Christian desert monks to pharmaco-theology through psychedelics. In classic form, Sloterdijk recalibrates and reinvents concepts from the ancient Greeks to Heidegger to develop an astonishingly contemporary philosophical anthropology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Sloterdijk\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Media Theory at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eMaking the Heavens Speak\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), \u003ci\u003eAfter God\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), and \u003ci\u003eWhat Happened in the Twentieth Century?\u003c\/i\u003e (2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750198378784,"sku":"9781503639003","price":47.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4c4337a8c454949803b2df493751b6b5.webp?v=1779945702","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/out-of-the-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}