
The Pampering Hothouse
In his chapter, “Mutations in the Pampering Space,” Sloterdijk finally gets to describing aspects of the comfort space of the great interior of the palace—the boredom of the hothouse existence on the inside. I like his idea of a “pampering space” because it suggests the hyper-abundance of material goods and security in the overdeveloped interior. Sloterdijk begins by observing that for the populations within the “comfort sphere” there is a shift from need and lack to “thinking in options.” While […]
Categories: Reading Notes • Tags: In the World Interior of Capital, pampering space, Peter Sloterdijk, The Crystal Palace