Between Taming and Moralizing: The "Sloterdijk Affair"
Mar 22, 2026
Human Condition
In this post, I explore Peter Sloterdijk's controversial "Rules for the Human Park" (Regeln für den Menschenpark, 1999), a lecture that ignited one of the most heated intellectual debates in postwar Germany. Sloterdijk's provocative meditation on humanism, domestication, and genetic selection raises unsettling questions: What technologies have shaped humanity? And who decides the "rules" for human improvement? A foundational text for understanding contemporary biopolitics. (work in progress).
