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Prometheus's Remorse
From the Gift of Fire to Global Arson
Taschenbuch von Peter Sloterdijk
Sprache: Englisch

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The stirring speech given by Peter Sloterdijk in Lucerne in October 2022.

From time immemorial, humanity has had to organize their “metabolism with nature.” For Marx, the most important factor in this process was labor. When Prometheus, according to the myth, brought fire to earth, another crucial input was added. Fire has been used to cook food and harden tools for hundreds of thousands of years. In this sense, it can be said that all history implies the history of the uses of fire.

But whereas trees could only be burnt once, labor and fire shifted with the discovery of underground deposits of coal and oil. Modern humanity, according to Peter Sloterdijk, can be considered a collective of arsonists who set fire to the underground forests and moors. If Prometheus were to return to earth today, he might regret his gift; after all, what looms is nothing less than Ekpyrosis, the demise of the world in fire. And only a new, energetic pacifism can prevent this catastrophe.
The stirring speech given by Peter Sloterdijk in Lucerne in October 2022.

From time immemorial, humanity has had to organize their “metabolism with nature.” For Marx, the most important factor in this process was labor. When Prometheus, according to the myth, brought fire to earth, another crucial input was added. Fire has been used to cook food and harden tools for hundreds of thousands of years. In this sense, it can be said that all history implies the history of the uses of fire.

But whereas trees could only be burnt once, labor and fire shifted with the discovery of underground deposits of coal and oil. Modern humanity, according to Peter Sloterdijk, can be considered a collective of arsonists who set fire to the underground forests and moors. If Prometheus were to return to earth today, he might regret his gift; after all, what looms is nothing less than Ekpyrosis, the demise of the world in fire. And only a new, energetic pacifism can prevent this catastrophe.
Über den Autor
Peter Sloterdijk; translated by Hunter Bolin
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Religion: Christentum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781635902075
ISBN-10: 163590207X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sloterdijk, Peter
Übersetzung: Bolin, Hunter
Hersteller: The MIT Press
Maße: 171 x 114 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Peter Sloterdijk
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.03.2024
Gewicht: 0,101 kg
Artikel-ID: 127018220
Über den Autor
Peter Sloterdijk; translated by Hunter Bolin
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Religion: Christentum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781635902075
ISBN-10: 163590207X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sloterdijk, Peter
Übersetzung: Bolin, Hunter
Hersteller: The MIT Press
Maße: 171 x 114 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Peter Sloterdijk
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.03.2024
Gewicht: 0,101 kg
Artikel-ID: 127018220
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