Per un’etica co-immunologica. La questione dell’Antropocene in Sloterdijk tra sferologia e antropotecnologia

Pavanini, Marco

Per un’etica co-immunologica. La questione dell’Antropocene in Sloterdijk tra sferologia e antropotecnologia

Pavanini, Marco

Authors

Marco Pavanini marco.pavanini@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy

Abstract

The essay Das Anthropozän develops Sloterdijk’s reflections on the issue of the Anthropocene. Nowadays human’s action influences the processes of the biosphere, which at the same time allows human life on Earth. The current ecological crisis, triggered by the exploitation of natural resources, makes humans responsible of the management of whole planet’s conditions of existence. Living in the Anthropocene means intentionally assuming this responsibility and actively work to open perspectives of surviving for both human and non-human agents. Sloterdijk suggests to accomplish this goal with two different procedures. On one side, humans should adopt homeotechnical practices, in order not to harass nature, but to cooperate with it and to continue biological processes with technological means. On the other, mankind should work in order to convert its immune systems in the direction of co-immunity. This means creating a meta-collective, within which are produced bio-positive dynamics, without transferring bio-negative dynamics to the other collectives.

Citation

Pavanini, M. (2016). Per un’etica co-immunologica. La questione dell’Antropocene in Sloterdijk tra sferologia e antropotecnologia. Lo Sguardo, 22(3), 109-122

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Oct 27, 2016
Publication Date	Jan 1, 2016
Deposit Date	Jan 30, 2020
Publicly Available Date	Mar 3, 2020
Journal	Lo Sguardo : Rivista di Filosofia
Print ISSN	2036-6558
Publisher	Lo Sguardo
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	22
Issue	3
Pages	109-122
Publisher URL	http://www.losguardo.net/it/per-unetica-co-immunologica-la-questione-dellantropocene-in-sloterdijk-tra-sferologia-e-antropotecnologia/