World Political Science Review Volume 7, Issue 1 2011 Article 12 Sphere Effects: A History of Peter Sloterdijk’s Political Architectures Jean-Pierre Couture * * School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa, jean-pierre.couture@uottawa.ca Originally published as Jean-Pierre Couture, “Effets de sph` eres. L’histoire des architectures poli- tiques chez Peter Sloterdijk”, Revue canadienne de science politique, vol. 43, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 545-563. Reprinted with permission from Jean-Pierre Couture. Produced by De Gruyter.