In The Shadow of Mount Sinai

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In this short book Peter Sloterdijk clarifies his views on religion and its role in pre-brand new and brand new societies. He begins by returning to the Mount Sinai episode in the Book of Exodus, where he identifies the emergence of what he calls the �Sinai Schema�. On the core of monotheism is the logic of belonging to a community of confession, of being a true believer – that is what Sloterdijk calls the Sinai Schema. To be a member of a people means that you submit to the beliefs of the community just as you submit to its language. Monotheism is predicated at the logic of one God who demands your utmost loyalty. Hence On the core of monotheism could also be the fear of apotheosis, of heresy, of heterodoxy. So monotheism is associated initially with a certain more or less internal violence � namely, a violence against those who violate their membership through a break in loyalty and believe.

On the basis of this analysis of the inner logic of monotheism, Sloterdijk retraces its historical legacy and shows how this account enables us to keep in mind why we react so nervously lately to all forms of fundamentalism – whether that of radical Islamists, the Catholic Pius Brotherhood or evangelical sects in the USA

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