{"product_id":"9780745649221","title":"You Must Change Your Life","description":"\u003ch1\u003eYou Must Change Your Life\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePeter Sloterdijk\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn his major investigation into the nature of humans, Peter Sloterdijk  presents a critique of myth - the myth of the return of religion. For it  is not religion that is returning; rather, there is something else  quite profound that is taking on increasing significance in the present:  the human as a practising, training being, one that creates itself  through exercises and thereby transcends itself. Rainer Maria Rilke  formulated the drive towards such self-training in the early twentieth  century in the imperative 'You must change your life'. \u003cp\u003eIn making his case for the expansion of the practice zone for  individuals and for society as a whole, Sloterdijk develops a  fundamental and fundamentally new anthropology. The core of his science  of the human being is an insight into the self-formation of all things  human. The activity of both individuals and collectives constantly comes  back to affect them: work affects the worker, communication the  communicator, feelings the feeler.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is those humans who engage expressly in practice that embody this  mode of existence most clearly: farmers, workers, warriors, writers,  yogis, rhetoricians, musicians or models. By examining their training  plans and peak performances, this book offers a panorama of exercises  that are necessary to be, and remain, a human being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003ePeter Sloterdijk\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy and Aesthetics at the Karlsruhe School of Design and the author of many works including \u003ci\u003eCritique of Cynical Reason\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 July 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745649221\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e500\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379955626124,"sku":"9780745649221","price":22.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745649221.jpg?v=1780169482","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780745649221","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}