Geometry in the Colossal
The Project of Metaphysical Globalization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4475462 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Sloterdijk (From Sphaären II—Globen (Suhrkamp, 1999) pp 47 - 72, corresponding author) |
| Translators | Samuel A Butler (Department of Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-40 |
| Publication date | 2009-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/dst2 |
| OpenAlex | W2053794237 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 3 |
Geometry in the colossal" ( Geometrie in Ungeheurem) appears as pages 47-72 of the second volume of Peter Sloterdijk's Sphären-the volume is entitled Globen, 'Globes'. The excerpt is a beginning of the history of the idea of the sphere or the globe. As claimed by Heidegger in the epigraph, the conquest of the world as picture is the fundamental event of modernity. The historical question that arises, then, is that of the rise of the globe as the fundamental picture of the world. Sloterdijk begins with remarks on what he calls a "treatise on the metaphysics of roundness", Nicholas of Cusa's De Ludo Globi, set in a discussion concerning the movement of the notion of the globe from the Greek to the Roman world. The second half of the excerpt is devoted to a more focused analysis of the composition, history, and significance of the Farnese Atlas. In this work we see the world portrayed as a "poetic - scientific bastard heaven, a product of geometry as much as of mythology", borne upon the shoulders of a titan - philosopher - athlete, images at once ancient and modern. The conquest of the world as picture thus transforms Atlas's punishment into a symbol of the greatest earthly power
Ancient history · Art · Art history · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Globe · Literature · Metaphysics · Modernity · World history · Global History, Politics, and Ideology · Historical Geography and Cartography · History · Philosophy · Philosophy and Historical Thought
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,65 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |