Esferas II. Globos : Macrosferología

If the first volume of the Spheres trilogy, titled Bubbles, deals with microspheres, the primary experience of existence through the senses, and the discovery of the "self," in Globes the author embarks on a journey through a history of the political world based on the morphological models of the sphere and the globe. Peter Sloterdijk explains why, until now, all manifestations linked to globalization suffer from myopia. For the German philosopher, this begins with the Greeks, who already embodied the universe through the image of the sphere, which is also found at the base of representations of the order of empires prior to the Modern Age. With the discovery of America and the first circumnavigations, the globe appears, taking its place. And this second globalization is replaced by a third, given that the general virtuality of all relationships leads to a crisis of space. The author thus narrates the true history of globalization, from the geometrization of the heavens in Plato and Aristotle to the circumvolution of the last sphere, the Earth, by ships, capital, and signals. In this work, Peter Sloterdijk undertakes the ambitious task of unveiling the philosophical foundations of politics over the last two and a half millennia.