Peter Sloterdijk is one of the most challenging and contentious thinkers currently working within the European tradition. This is the first collection devoted to his work for English-language audiences and will act as an introduction to his work, set an agenda for engagement with his ideas, and relate his writings to a range of political, theoretical and practical contexts.

Since his philosophical bestsellerCritique of Cynical Reason (1983), Sloterdijk has exercised an important influence over German and other European thought and recently interest in his diverse oeuvre has grown considerably. The past few years have seen a number of his books translated into English, with many more to come. The book seeks to do justice to the breadth of Sloterdijks work throughout his career, orientated around the central topics of cynicism, ressentiment, the posthuman, space and world, art and literature, language, social science and his role as a public intellectual. Contributors include Babette Babich, Sjoerd van Tuinen, Eduardo Mendieta, Marie-Eve Morin, Efrain Kristol, Wieland Hoban, Nigel Thrift, Jean-Pierre Couture, and Sloterdijk himself.

An explicitly interdisciplinary project,Sloterdijk Now is a crucial introduction to the work of this central thinker, in its complexity, variety and notoriety. It is set to spark debate amongst students and scholars across the humanities and social sciences.

Stuart Elden is Professor of Political Geography at Durham University.

Acknowledgements vii List of Contributors viii List of Abbreviations xi 1 Worlds, Engagements, Temperaments 1Stuart Elden 2 Sloterdijks Cynicism: Diogenes in the Marketplace 17Babette Babich 3 From Psychopolitics to Cosmopolitics: The Problem of Ressentiment 37Sjoerd van Tuinen 4 A Letter on Überhumanismus: Beyond Posthumanism and Transhumanism 58Eduardo Mendieta 5 The Coming-to-the-World of the Human Animal 77Marie-Eve Morin 6 A Public Intellectual 96Jean-Pierre Couture 7 The Language of Give and Take: Sloterdijks Stylistic Methods 114Wieland Hoban 8 Peter Sloterdijk and the Philosophers Stone 133Nigel Thrift 9 Literature in Sloterdijks Philosophy 147Efraín Kristal 10 The Time of the Crime of the Monstrous: On the Philosophical Justifi cation of the Artificial 165Peter Sloterdijk (translated by Wieland Hoban) Notes 182 Index 203