Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 Peter Sloterdijk’s Spherological Acrobatics: An Exercise in Introduction
- 2 Foamy Business: On the Organizational Politics of Atmospheres
- 3 “Transgenous Philosophy”: Post-humanism, Anthropotechnics and the Poetics of Natal Difference
- 4 Disinhibition, Subjectivity and Pride. Or: Guess Who Is Looking?: Peter Sloterdijk’s reconstruction of ‘thymotic’ qualities, psychoanalysis and the question of spectatorship
- 5 Sloterdijk and the Question of an Aesthetic
- 6 Uneasy Places. Monotheism, Christianity, and the Dynamic of the Unlikely in Sloterdijk’s Work – Context and Debate
- 7 The Attention Regime: On Mass Media and the Information Society
- 8 In the Beginning was the Accident: The Crystal Palace as a Cultural Catastrophe and the Emergence of the Cosmic Misfit: A critical approach to Peter Sloterdijk’s Weltinnenraum des Kapitals vs. Fyodor M. Dostoevsky’s Notes from the underground
- 9 A Cautious Prometheus? A Few Steps Toward a Philosophy of Design with Special Attention to Peter Sloterdijk
- 10 Sloterdijk and the Question of Action
- 11 The Space of Global Capitalism and its Imaginary Imperialism: An Interview with Peter Sloterdijk
- Contributors
- Index
The Devil is in the Details
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 June 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 Peter Sloterdijk’s Spherological Acrobatics: An Exercise in Introduction
- 2 Foamy Business: On the Organizational Politics of Atmospheres
- 3 “Transgenous Philosophy”: Post-humanism, Anthropotechnics and the Poetics of Natal Difference
- 4 Disinhibition, Subjectivity and Pride. Or: Guess Who Is Looking?: Peter Sloterdijk’s reconstruction of ‘thymotic’ qualities, psychoanalysis and the question of spectatorship
- 5 Sloterdijk and the Question of an Aesthetic
- 6 Uneasy Places. Monotheism, Christianity, and the Dynamic of the Unlikely in Sloterdijk’s Work – Context and Debate
- 7 The Attention Regime: On Mass Media and the Information Society
- 8 In the Beginning was the Accident: The Crystal Palace as a Cultural Catastrophe and the Emergence of the Cosmic Misfit: A critical approach to Peter Sloterdijk’s Weltinnenraum des Kapitals vs. Fyodor M. Dostoevsky’s Notes from the underground
- 9 A Cautious Prometheus? A Few Steps Toward a Philosophy of Design with Special Attention to Peter Sloterdijk
- 10 Sloterdijk and the Question of Action
- 11 The Space of Global Capitalism and its Imaginary Imperialism: An Interview with Peter Sloterdijk
- Contributors
- Index
Summary
Wady i zalety – to często jedno i to samo.
Tylko z różnych punktów widzenia.
(Władysław Grzeszczyk)Should you think this is another ordinary guidebook to the Netherlands, you are wrong. Such books are covered with dust on every regular bookstore shelf. This is also not a description of the Dutch landscape, with traditional windmills, grass-fed cattle, colorful tulip fields, and picturesque canals. What you will find here is daily life, seen through the eyes of two Polish students studying Dutch language and culture. This guidebook is based on our experiences, observations, and emotions.
Accommodation
Flatmate wanted!
If you think that finding a room in the Netherlands is a piece of stroopwafel, you are wrong. Besides having to go through the recruitment procedure during the so-called ‘let-me-introduce-myself-evening’ (kijk- of hospiteeravond), you also need to fulfill some further requirements. To increase your chances of getting a room, do not be late – the Dutch are very strict about time. And take into consideration that Dutch distance is given in bike per minute (b/min), instead of kilometer per hour (km/h), so make sure to recalculate it before leaving. Furthermore, express a fondness of eating and drinking together (samen eten en drinken) which occurs in almost every student house.
Home, sweet home
If you think that having a place to stay is the end of the story, you are wrong. Next to come is an arduous journey across dangerous, high, and steep stairs. Watch your steps while carrying in the new lounge chair you found for free on marktplaats.nl.
Once moving is over and your room is fully furnished and all your suitcases unpacked, it is time to throw a house-warming party. Big windows without curtains make looking out for the guests convenient. Bear in mind to prepare suitable Dutch music, which is… well, one of a kind. To keep your guests entertained, do not plan any dancing activities – the Dutch are not going to show you any fancy moves, like tilting or twisting. Even if they try hard, they only swing their shoulders. To have fun, arrange a karaoke evening – you cannot neglect Dutch singing talent.
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- In Medias ResPeter Sloterdijk's Spherological Poetics of Being, pp. 107 - 111Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2012