the possibility to choose and consume imperceptibly turns into a superego obligation to choose. The nihilist dimension of this space of freedoms can only function in a permanently accelerated way – the moment it slows down, we become aware of the meaninglessness

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We live in an extraordinary era in which there is no tradition on which we can base our identity, no frame of meaningful universe which might enable us to lead a life beyond hedonist reproduction

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Sloterdijk is the ultimate ‘prodder’, the one who is not afraid to ‘think dangerously’ and to question the presuppositions of human freedom and dignity, of our liberal welfare state https://t.co/7fhpYjHYa0

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thinking, insofar as its innermost potential is to think freely and ‘against itself’, is what, from the standpoint of conventional thinking, cannot but appear as ‘evil’ https://t.co/hGIfFKmmIP

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sad..to see Habermas trying to control the explosive results of biogenetics and curtail its philosophical consequences – his..endeavour betrays the fear…that the the old image of human dignity and autonomy will [not] survive unscathed. [@allenlanebooks typo: “not” is missing]

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Plato submitted ancient customs and myths to ruthless rational examination, Descartes undermined the medieval harmonious universe, Spinoza ended up being excommunicated, Hegel unleashed the all-destructive power of negativity, Nietzsche demystified the very basis of our morality

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a weirdly perverted situation in which the official ‘Left’ is enforcing austerity politics (at the same time advocating multicultural rights), while the populist Right is implementing anti-austerity measures to help the poor (while pursuing a xenophobic nationalist agenda)

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