{"product_id":"the-art-of-philosophy-wisdom-as-a-practice-paperback","title":"The Art of Philosophy: Wisdom as a Practice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Sloterdijk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKaren Margolis\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his best-selling book \u003ci\u003eYou Must Change Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Sloterdijk argued exercise and practice were crucial to the human condition. In The Art of Philosophy, he extends this critique to academic science and scholarship, casting the training processes of academic study as key to the production of sophisticated thought. Infused with humor and provocative insight, The Art of Philosophy further integrates philosophy and human existence, richly detailing the foundations of this relationship and its transformative role in making the postmodern self. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSloterdijk begins with Plato's description of Socrates, whose internal monologues were so absorbing they often rooted the philosopher in place. The original academy, Sloterdijk argues, taught scholars to lose themselves in thought, and today's universities continue this tradition by offering scope for Plato's \"accommodations for absences.\" By training scholars to practice thinking as an occupation transcending daily time and space, universities create the environment in which thought makes wisdom possible. Traversing the history of asceticism, the concept of suspended animation, and the theory of the neutral observer, Sloterdijk traces the evolution of philosophical practice from ancient times to today, showing how scholars can remain true to the tradition of \"the examined life\" even when the temporal dimension no longer corresponds to the eternal. Building on the work of Husserl, Heidegger, Nietzsche, Arendt, and other practitioners of the life of theory, Sloterdijk launches a posthumanist defense of philosophical inquiry and its everyday, therapeutic value.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Sloterdijk is professor of aesthetics and philosophy at the Institute of Design in Karlsruhe and teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Recently named one of the world's top intellectuals by \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e magazines, his numerous works include \u003ci\u003eRage and Time: A Psychopolitical Investigation\u003c\/i\u003e and the best-selling \u003ci\u003eCritique of Cynical Reason\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKaren Margolis is a writer and translator living in Berlin. A graduate in mathematics from the London School of Economics, she coauthored \u003ci\u003eThe Technology of Political Control\u003c\/i\u003e and has published fiction, memoirs, poetry, and translations.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762701271328,"sku":"9780231158718","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b599aa69fdedd24809c2824bca4ebbfb.webp?v=1780223811","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-art-of-philosophy-wisdom-as-a-practice-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}