Revista de Estudios Sociales

rev. estud. soc. | eISSN 1900-5180 | ISSN 0123-885X

On Peter Sloterdijk´s Concept of Anthropotechnics

No. 43 (2012-08-01)
  • Santiago Castro-Gómez
    Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia.
https://doi.org/10.7440/res43.2012.06

Abstract

This article reflects on the concept of “anthropotechnics”, developed by the German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk, showing its dual meaning on “improving the world” (Weltverbesserung) and on “improving oneself” (Selbstverbesserung). The author suggests that this twofold idea can be read in relation to the foucauldian concepts of “technologies for the government of populations ” (biopolitics) and “technologies of the self” (aesthetics of existence).

Keywords: Anthropotechnics, Biopolitics, Technologies of the Self, Foucault, Philosophical Anthropology

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