Placental Nihilism and Oily Bubbles - Reflections on Peter Sloterdijk's "Bubbles"

About this episode

The episode explores Peter Sloterdijk's concept of 'Bubbles' and the impact of capitalism on relational spaces.

In this essay, I discuss Peter Sloterdijk's philosophical work, "Bubbles". A bubble is the relational space that includes two people. In the past, people have created bubbles that were rich with meaning, but such bubbles have become nihilistic spaces under capitalism. How might we re-enchant our bubbles and reinspire post-capitalist meaning? If you like this episode, please be sure to 5 star the podcast and follow for more! If you think this message is important, please share with your friends. You can also find written versions of these, with references, at - https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/

People in this episode

Host: Will Cameron

Topics covered

• philosophy
• nihilism
• capitalism
• meaning
• relationships
• post-capitalism

Keywords

• Sloterdijk
• bubbles
• nihilism
• capitalism
• meaning
• philosophy
• relationships

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Bubbles

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