In today’s predominant form of individuality, the self-centered assertion of the psychological subject paradoxically overlaps with the perception of oneself as a victim of circumstances.

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The notion of the subject as an unresponsible victim is driven by a..narcissistic perspective in which every encounter with the Other appears as a potential threat to the subject’s precarious imaginary balance; as such, it is…the inherent supplement to, the liberal free subject

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this..emerging world-less civilization..affects the young, who oscillate between the intensity of..burning out (sexual enjoyment, drugs..,..violence), and the endeavour to succeed (study,…career,..money…within the..capitalist order). ..Tansgression..becomes the norm

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this..emerging world-less civilization..affects the young, who oscillate between the intensity of..burning out (sexual enjoyment, drugs..,violence), and the endeavour to succeed (study,…career, earn money…within the existing capitalist order). ..Tansgression..becomes the norm

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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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