Książka The Continent Without Qualities Peter Sloterdijk

The Continent Without Qualities

Bookmarks in the Book of Europe

Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Twarda
Wydawca: Polity Press
Dostępność: Oczekiwana premiera
Wydanie 31. 07. 2026
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Europe has often been the target of criticism: Europe has lost touch with its core values, its leade...

Informacje o książce

Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Twarda
Data wydania
2026
strony
216
EAN
9781509570157
ISBN
1509570152
Enbook ID
51447394
Wydawca
Wymiary
152 x 229

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Europe has often been the target of criticism: Europe has lost touch with its core values, its leaders are indecisive and its citizens are confused, unsure whether they should be proud of their past or embarrassed by it the litany of accusations is long, and the writers of obituaries have never been at a loss for words to descibe the death of the Old Continent.

Many of these criticisms are exaggerated and misguided, but nevertheless the time has come to rethink post-imperial Europe, assigning proper place to the burdens of its mixed history, including its colonial past, but also recalling its civilization-defining advances like its singular culture of learning and inventiveness, its permanent revolution of the critical spirit, its management of pluralism, its ever-evolving organization of general welfare, its dissolution of hierarchies of social origin, and its promotion of dignified living conditions for all.

In this extraordinarily wide-ranging and erudite work, Sloterdijk opens up a few bookmarks in the Book of Europe. If Europe too often is a book rarely read by those whom it concerns, Sloterdijk's bookmarks help orient readers teaching Europeans, from the script that they themselves have written, about where they stand with themselves and about their role within the whole. In Sloterdijk's view, the true Europe can be found wherever creative passions have overtaken those of resentment, and it will survive as long as creativity keeps resentment in check.

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