Sloterdijk coined hyperpolitics in 1993 for polity-level fantasies of togetherness.

Evidence

The notion of hyperpolitics has another claim to paternity. In 1993, the philosopher Peter Sloterdijk published a short book titled Im selben Boot: Versuch über die Hyperpolitik (In the Same Boat: An Essay on Hyperpolitics). Sloterdijk focused on a dimension of politics that political scientists typically label “polity,” denoting the general structure and composition of a political community. His particular interest lay in what he called “fantasies of togetherness” and “the reality-illusions that give rise to societies.” Via a sequence of maritime metaphors, he sketched a three-stage theory of human history, beginning with a “paleo-political” period, pictured as an argosy of rafts “on which small groups of people drift through vast spaces of time” without forming more definite projects or entering into contact with other human groups. — Anton Jäger, Hyperpolitics, 73

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes Sloterdijk’s ‘polity’ dimension sense of hyperpolitics from Jäger’s own use; a reader reproducing the framework must keep these apart.
• QUESTION: Sloterdijk’s ‘fantasies of togetherness’ scent is worth chasing: is his paternity claim over polity only, versus Jäger’s later political/politics sense?
• XREF: connects to: Hyperpolitics collapses public-private separation but without reversion to earlier superpoliticized modes — Anton Jäger, Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization…, 220
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Hyperpolitics collapses public-private separation but without reversion to earlier superpoliticized modes — Anton Jäger, Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization…, 220