Book VII · Part VIII

Part VIII: Categorical Societies

Book VII

Sector S_P (Practical), Part 2 of 2. How do societies organize? Sloterdijk’s spheres meet categorical structure—bubbles, globes, and foams. Dunbar limits rural worlds; cities regulate connection. Architecture mirrors culture; generations drift through lineages. Capital networks create world-interior. Information overload fragments into schizophrenia. Nine global spheres emerge from collective to individual. Power is morphism structure; sovereignty is boundary control; legitimacy is recognition coherence. Religion shapes spheres through the sacred-profane distinction; rituals glue individuals into communities. Together with Part VII, the practical sector S_P covers what classical philosophy calls ethics and political philosophy—the two domains governed by the register question “what should I do?”

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