by Peter Sloterdijk · Editorial Pre-Textos · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788481914283
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«El desprecio de las masas» is Peter Sloterdijk's essay on the cultural struggles of modern society, in hardcover from Editorial Pre-Textos.
The essay starts from the modern weakening of distinctions to analyze how contemporary society materializes values and hierarchies despite declaring itself egalitarian. Peter Sloterdijk reflects on the tension between winners and losers and the psychopolitical mechanism that attempts to protect the masses from the depression of the defeated.
Volume 476 of the Ensayo collection from Editorial Pre-Textos. Translation by Germán Cano Cuenca of the German original «Die Verachtung der Massen».
Aimed at readers interested in philosophy, sociology, and cultural criticism, with an academic approach.
Peter Sloterdijk 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.
