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Peter Sloterdijk
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Peter Sloterdijk is a German philosopher, writer, and university teacher born in Karlsruhe in 1947. He has served as a television presenter and held the position of rector. His academic background includes a doctorate earned from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the University of Hamburg. He has been employed by the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Sloterdijk is influenced by Martin Heidegger and has taught students such as Marc Jongen.
He is a member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. His notable works include *Die schrecklichen Kinder der Neuzeit*, *Pogarda mas*, *If You Have Never Thought Gray*, *If You Have Never Thought Grey*, and *Prometheus's Remorse*. Sloterdijk has received the Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon, the Sigmund Freud Prize, the Ludwig-Börne-Preis, and the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art. He resides in Karlsruhe and Provence and speaks German. His archives are held at the German Literature Archive Marbach.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Peter Sloterdijk is referenced by 451 other articles, and connects out to Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Friedrich Nietzsche and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
It is catalogued under topics including 1947 births, 20th-century German essayists and 20th-century German male writers.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 58
Top works
- Die schrecklichen Kinder der Neuzeit
- Pogarda mas
- If You Have Never Thought Gray
- If You Have Never Thought Grey
- Prometheus's Remorse
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Karlsruhe, Germany
Known for
- Kunscht! — Self2014
- Marx Reloaded — Self2011
- Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container — Himself2002
- Im Glashaus - Das philosophische Quartett — Self - Host2002
- Tele-Akademie — himself1987
- Club 2 — Self1976
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1947-06-26 ) 26 June 1947 (age 78) , Karlsruhe , Württemberg-Baden , Germany
- Alma mater
- LMU Munich , University of Hamburg
- Era
- 21st-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Phenomenology , philosophical anthropology , posthumanism
- Notable ideas
- Spherology ( Sphärologie ), Human Park ( Menschenpark ), Gifts instead of Taxes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Karlsruhe
- Occupation
- librettist
- Position held
- rector
- Employer
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Official website
- petersloterdijk.net
- Image
- Peter Sloterdijk, Karlsruhe 07-2009, IMGP3019.jpg
- Residence
- Karlsruhe
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- Commons category
- Peter Sloterdijk
- date of birth
- 1947-06-26
- influenced by
- Martin Heidegger
- student
- Marc Jongen
- name in native language
- Peter Sloterdijk
- described at URL
- v2.nl/people/peter-sloterdijk
- archives at
- German Literature Archive Marbach
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Sloterdijk (/ˈsloʊtərdaɪk/; German: [ˈsloːtɐˌdaɪk]; born 26 June 1947) is a German philosopher and cultural theorist. He was a professor of philosophy and media theory at and Rector from 2001 to 2015 of the Karlsruhe University of Art and Design. He co-hosted the German television show Das Philosophische Quartett from 2002 until 2012.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peter Sloterdijk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.