Discover the groundbreaking insights of modernity in this brand new book, published by John Wiley & Sons (UK) in 2020. With 240 pages of thought-provoking analysis, this essential read delves into the complexities of our kinetic utopia and exposes the unintended side-effects that accompany our relentless pursuit of control. As we advance into a seemingly boundless future, the emergence of unforeseen consequences raises critical questions about human agency and the very nature of progress. This book offers a new interpretation of political kinetics, illuminating the shift from production to mobilization in critical theory. Ideal for scholars and readers interested in philosophy, political science, and contemporary societal challenges, this title is a must-have for understanding the intricate dynamics shaping our modern world. Free shipping is available for your order, which should arrive within 6 weeks. After the purchase has been made, please note that the order cannot be canceled. ISBN: 9781509518487.

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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781509518487
Year: 2020
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 240


Description:
The core of what we refer to as ˜the project of modernity™ is the idea that human beings have the power to bring the world under their control, and hence it is based on a ˜kinetic utopia™: the movement of the world as a whole reflects the implementation of our plans for it But as soon as the kinetic utopia of modernity is exposed, its seemingly stable foundation cracks open and new problems appear: things don™t happen according to plan because as we actualize our plans, we set in motion other things that we didn™t want as unintended side-effects. We watch with mounting unease as the self-perpetuating side-effects of modern progress overshadow our plans, as a foreign movement breaks off from the very core of the modern project supposedly guided by reason and slips away from us, spinning out of control. What looked like a steady march towards freedom turns out to be a slide into an uncontrollable and catastrophic syndrome of perpetual mobilization. And precisely because so much comes about through our actions, these developments turn out to have explosive consequences for our self-understanding, as we begin to realize that, so far from bringing the world under our control, we are instead the agents of our own destruction.In this brilliant and insightful book Sloterdijk lays out the elements of a new critical theory of modernity understood as a critique of political kinetics, shifting the focus of critical theory from production to mobilization and shedding new light on a world facing the growing risk of humanly induced catastrophe.