Being-With as Making Worlds: The ‘Second Coming’ of Peter Sloterdijk

Elden, S.; Mendieta, E.

doi:10.1068/d2701em

Being-With as Making Worlds: The ‘Second Coming’ of Peter Sloterdijk

Elden, S.; Mendieta, E.

Authors

S. Elden

E. Mendieta

Abstract

This introductory essay provides a background to the writings of Peter Sloterdijk. It begins with a discussion of writings translated into English in the late 1980s—the Critique of Cynical Reason and Thinker on Stage—but then shows how Sloterdijk’s work has developed and changed over the last two decades. Particular attention is paid to his writings on Europe and politics; the three-volume book Sphären [Spheres]; and his most recent writings on globalisation. The suggestion is that with the extensive forthcoming programme of translations and renewed interest in his work the scene is set for an effective ‘second coming’ of Sloterdijk. This theme issue of Society and Space contributes to that work of translation and interpretation.

Citation

Elden, S., & Mendieta, E. (2009). Being-With as Making Worlds: The ‘Second Coming’ of Peter Sloterdijk. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 27(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1068/d2701em

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jan 1, 2009
Deposit Date	May 18, 2010
Publicly Available Date	May 20, 2010
Journal	Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
Print ISSN	0263-7758
Electronic ISSN	1472-3433
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	27
Issue	1
Pages	1-11
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1068/d2701em

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Elden, Stuart and Mendieta, Eduardo (2009)
The definitive peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Environment and Planning D : Society and Space, 27 (1). pp. 1-11, 2009, 10.1068/d2701em