Peter Sloterdijk and Bruno Latour Notes on a “star Friendship”
by Antonio Lucci
pp. 54-71 Issue 19 (10,1) – January-June 2023 ISSN (online): 2539/2239 ISSN (print): 2389-8232 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14718/SoftPower.2023.10.1.4
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to show some theoretical points in which Sloterdijk and Latour influenced each other. Sections 1 and 2 are devoted to Latour’s influence on Sloterdijk, particularly in the formulation of the concept of anthropotechnics and in the attempt to overcome the nature/culture and subject/object dichotomies. Paragraph 3 is devoted to Sloterdijk’s critique of the concept of network and Latour’s response to this critique. Paragraphs 4 and 5 are dedicated to Sloterdijk’s influence on Latour: in particular, Latour’s use of the Sloterdijkian concept of “Globe” and Sloterdijk’s philosophy of the environment, interpreted by Latour as a philosophy of design.