Kurzfassung. This short paper provides the initial provocation for a themed issue that emerges from a conference on the topic of geographies of social crises/crises of social geographies. The article calls for a (re)consideration of the "social question" in the 21st century. We call for social geographers to engage with the historical dynamics of places and milieus to understand novel class societies and the violence that underpins social inequalities. The article makes a case for an empirically saturated social geography. We believe this provides a useful programme which helps to understand current phenomena of political, social and economic crises.
Abstract. This article serves as introduction for a themed issue on
Peter Sloterdijk's enormous philosophy of space. It invites scholars from
various disciplines to critically engage with Sloterdijk's thought and
discusses briefly the contributions made in this special issue. The paper
gives some orientation on the anthropological and social philosophy
Sloterdijk deploys within his oeuvre, and illuminates the various fields of
social and cultural research his ideas have informed so far. The editorial
identifies four possible fields of interest within human geography that
could gain by engaging with Sloterdijk's thought, namely urban and
architectural theory, new technologies, political geographies and critical
social geography. The article also discusses the necessity of a critical
distance to the philosophical premises on which Sloterdijk grounds his
philosophy as well as his role as notorious commentator on political issues
in Germany.
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