Peter Sloterdijk is one of the most recognizable and widely read philosophers of the last half-century. Dubbed "Germany's most controversial thinker" by the New Yorker, he has challenged and provoked his readers worldwide with highly ambitious and large-scale works of philosophical and cultural criticism. In his work The Terrible Children of Modernity, Sloterdijk offers a magnetic and profound exploration of the fortunes of historical change and the nature of modernity. For Sloterdijk, modernity is defined by the need to break with the past. Moderns are perpetual revolutionaries who seek to sever the ties of tradition and forms of heritage that bind generations and eras. With deep philosophical, historical, and literary dimensions, he chronicles this anti-genealogical experiment from the French Revolution onwards, from Madame de Pompadour and Napoleon to Nietzsche, Marx, Wagner, the Dadaists, and Deleuze. Recognizing the destructive dynamics of cultural breaks, Sloterdijk is equally critical of the "fathers" who condemn change as he is of the "terrible children" who seek a drastic rupture with their ancestors. Focused on the great flow of history and present deadlocks, he calls for new ways of coexisting in the intercorporeality of the human condition. Insightful and daring, with remarkable scope, this account of youthful rebellion against tradition invites us to reimagine the ethics of genealogy.