Critique of Cynical Reason
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| : "The [[arse]] seems to be condemned to live in the [[dark]]. Among the different parts of our [[body]], it leads the life of a [[tramp]]. It truly is the [[idiot]] of the family. Yet it would be a miracle if this [[black sheep]] of the body did not have a ready opinion of the events taking place in higher regions, just like those who have been rejected by society often express the most sober views of it." | : "The [[arse]] seems to be condemned to live in the [[dark]]. Among the different parts of our [[body]], it leads the life of a [[tramp]]. It truly is the [[idiot]] of the family. Yet it would be a miracle if this [[black sheep]] of the body did not have a ready opinion of the events taking place in higher regions, just like those who have been rejected by society often express the most sober views of it." | ||
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| - | :"Der Arsch scheint dazu verurteilt, sein Dasein im Dunkeln zu fristen, wie der Clochard unter den Körperteilen. Er ist der wirkliche Idiot der Familie. Doch es wäre ein Wunder, wenn dieses schwarze Schaf des Körpers nicht über alles was in den höheren Regionen passiert, seine eigene Meinung hätte, ähnlich wie die Deklassierten oft den nüchtersten Blick auf die Leute in den oberen Rängen werfen." | ||
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The Kritik der zynischen Vernunft (Critique of Cynical Reason), published by Suhrkamp in 1983, became the best-selling philosophical book in the German language since the Second World War and launched Peter Sloterdijk's career as an author.
Diogenes and contemporary theory
Diogenes of Sinope is discussed in a 1983 book by German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk (English language publication in 1987). In his Critique of Cynical Reason, Diogenes is used as an example of Sloterdijk’s idea of the “kynical” — in which personal degradation is used for purposes of community comment or censure. Calling the practice of this tactic “kynismos,” Sloterdijk explains that the kynical actor actually embodies the message he/she is trying to convey. The goal here is typically a false regression that mocks authority — especially authority that the kynical actor considers corrupt, suspect, or unworthy.
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A Bataillean quote:
- "The arse seems to be condemned to live in the dark. Among the different parts of our body, it leads the life of a tramp. It truly is the idiot of the family. Yet it would be a miracle if this black sheep of the body did not have a ready opinion of the events taking place in higher regions, just like those who have been rejected by society often express the most sober views of it."
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