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Untrammelled neoliberalism and the inexorable force of production have produced a 21st century crisis of community: a narcissistic cult of authenticit

In this manifesto, German-Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han denounces transparency as a false ideal, the strongest of our contemporary mythologies, an

In the wake of globalization, cultural forms of expression have become increasingly detached from their places of origin, circulating in a hyper-domai

The tsunami of information unleashed by digitization is threatening to overwhelm us, drowning us in a sea of frenzied communication and disrupting man

Dit boek is een uitgave van Ten Have/De Nieuwe Wereld. In zijn nieuwe boek ‘Infocratie’ beschrijft Byung-Chul Han de huidige crisis van de democra

Dit boek is een uitgave van Ten Have/De Nieuwe Wereld. De Duits-Koreaanse filosoof Byung-Chul Han is een van de belangrijkste denkers van dit mome

Western thinking has long been dominated by essence, by a preoccupation with that which dwells in itself and delimits itself from the other. By contra

Zen Buddhism is a form of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China and is strongly focused on meditation. It is characteristically sceptical towards

Dit boek is een uitgave van Ten Have/De Nieuwe Wereld. In zijn nieuwe essay ‘De palliatieve maatschappij’ werpt Byung-Chul Han een kritisch licht

Vrijheid is niet absoluut, maar roept nieuwe vormen van dwang en discipline op. Niet langer worden we gedisciplineerd door machten van buitenaf, maar

An argument that love requires the courage to accept self-negation for the sake of discovering the Other.

In our busy and hurried lives, we are losing the ability to be inactive.  Human existence becomes fully absorbed by activity – even leisure, treated a

Narratives produce the ties that bind us. They create community, eliminate contingency and anchor us in being.  And yet in our contemporary informatio

Narratives produce the ties that bind us. They create community, eliminate contingency and anchor us in being.  And yet in our contemporary informatio

<p>De Duits-Koreaanse filosoof Byung-Chul Han is een van de belangrijkste denkers van dit moment. In zijn nieuwe boek biedt hij een inspirerend

In our busy and hurried lives, we are losing the ability to be inactive.  Human existence becomes fully absorbed by activity – even leisure, treated a

A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection, from the celebrated author of The Vegetarian In a classroom in Seoul, a youn

In his philosophical reflections on the art of lingering, acclaimed cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han argues that the value we attach today to the vita

Our societies today are characterized by a universal algophobia: a generalized fear of pain. We strive to avoid all painful conditions – even the pain