Before New York’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against it, “the Weinstein Company, which has been struggling in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein, a co-owner, had been finalizing a deal for Ms. Contreras-Sweet’s group to pay roughly $275 million for the studio, plus the assumption of $225 million in debt.”
Tag: 02.26.18
The Rock Star German Philosopher Who Seems Like A Prophet
In Germany, where academic philosophers still equate dryness with seriousness, Peter Sloterdijk has a near-monopoly on irreverence. This is an important element of his wide appeal, as is his eagerness to offer an opinion on absolutely anything—from psychoanalysis to finance, Islam to Soviet modernism, the ozone layer to Neanderthal sexuality. An essay on anger can suddenly plunge into a history of smiling; a meditation on America may veer into a history of frivolity. His magnum opus, the “Spheres” trilogy, nearly three thousand pages long, includes a rhapsodic excursus on rituals of human-placenta disposal. He is almost farcically productive.