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In the Shadow of Mount Sinai by Peter Sloterdijk (2015, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPolity Press
ISBN-100745699243
ISBN-139780745699240
eBay Product ID (ePID)215235412
Product Key Features
Number of Pages80 Pages
Publication NameIn the Shadow of Mount Sinai
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFundamentalism, Faith, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Self-Management / Anger Management (See Also Family & Relationships / Anger)
Publication Year2015
TypeTextbook
AuthorPeter Sloterdijk
Subject AreaReligion, Social Science, Self-Help
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight3.2 Oz
Item Length7.5 in
Item Width4.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2015-007555
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Subjectivity is minted in the fire of introjected violence, we learned from Adorno and Horkheimer. Sloterdijk, following on their trail, argues in this short but rich essay, that the ritualistic violence of orthodoxy that is the crucible of peoples is prior and more foundational. God is born from and kept alive by the blood of martyrs to the purity of a peoples faith. But he beams a light of hope: religion can be its own antidote." Eduardo Mendieta, Penn State University "Bold and very imaginative." Ethical Perceptives, "Subjectivity is minted in the fire of introjected violence, we learned from Adorno and Horkheimer. Sloterdijk, following on their trail, argues in this short but rich essay, that the ritualistic violence of orthodoxy that is the crucible of peoples is prior and more foundational. God is born from and kept alive by the blood of martyrs to the purity of a peopleÂs faith. But he beams a light of hope: religion can be its own antidote." Eduardo Mendieta, Penn State University "Bold and very imaginative." Ethical Perceptives
Dewey Decimal201/.4
Table Of ContentNarrowing the Battle Zone On the Genesis of Peoples in General The Sinai Schema: Integral Swearing-In Phobocracy: On the Proliferation of the Principle of Total Membership Metamorphoses of Membership Index
SynopsisIn this short book Peter Sloterdijk clarifies his views on religion and its role in pre-modern and modern societies. He begins by returning to the Mount Sinai episode in the Book of Exodus, where he identifies the emergence of what he calls the 'Sinai Schema'., In this short book Peter Sloterdijk clarifies his views on religion and its role in pre-modern and modern societies. He begins by returning to the Mount Sinai episode in the Book of Exodus, where he identifies the emergence of what he calls the Sinai Schema. At the core of monotheism is the logic of belonging to a community of confession, of being a true believer - this is what Sloterdijk calls the Sinai Schema. To be a member of a people means that you submit to the beliefs of the community just as you submit to its language. Monotheism is predicated on the logic of one God who demands your utmost loyalty. Hence at the core of monotheism is also the fear of apotheosis, of heresy, of heterodoxy. So monotheism is associated first and foremost with a certain kind of internal violence Ð namely, a violence against those who violate their membership through a break in loyalty and trust. On the basis of this analysis of the inner logic of monotheism, Sloterdijk retraces its historical legacy and shows how this account enables us to understand why we react so nervously today to all forms of fundamentalism - whether that of radical Islamists, the Catholic Pius Brotherhood or evangelical sects in the USA, In this short book Peter Sloterdijk clarifies his views on religion and its role in pre-modern and modern societies. He begins by returning to the Mount Sinai episode in the Book of Exodus, where he identifies the emergence of what he calls the Sinai Schema. At the core of monotheism is the logic of belonging to a community of confession, of being a true believer - this is what Sloterdijk calls the Sinai Schema. To be a member of a people means that you submit to the beliefs of the community just as you submit to its language. Monotheism is predicated on the logic of one God who demands your utmost loyalty. Hence at the core of monotheism is also the fear of apotheosis, of heresy, of heterodoxy. So monotheism is associated first and foremost with a certain kind of internal violence ? namely, a violence against those who violate their membership through a break in loyalty and trust. On the basis of this analysis of the inner logic of monotheism, Sloterdijk retraces its historical legacy and shows how this account enables us to understand why we react so nervously today to all forms of fundamentalism - whether that of radical Islamists, the Catholic Pius Brotherhood or evangelical sects in the USA
LC Classification NumberBL238.S56813 2015
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