Publication details
Sloterdijk und das philosophische Kabinett
| Title in English | Sloterdijk and the philosophical room |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Pro-Fil |
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| Citation | |
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| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/pf17-3-1652 |
| Field | Philosophy and religion |
| Keywords | philosophical room; Nachtwachen; philosophy and literature; homo nocturnus; mental hospital |
| Description | The goal of the essayistic speculation (intended also as a brief laudatio) is to illustrate on an example the way that Sloterdijk could transform literary impulses into themes that he subsequently processes philosophically and develops in his works. I will present several of such potential transformations by means of parts and themes from Bonaventura’s Nachtwachen (1804, especially vigils 9 and 14), which Sloterdijk commented on in his Vienna lectures in 1998. The aim is not to seek parallels between Bonaventura’s and Sloterdijk’s works, but to illustrate the possibilities of a philosophical transformation, the exploitation of literary themes by philosophical imagination and subsequently a detailed elaboration of philosophical concepts. |
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