Byung-Chul Han: A Critical Introduction

by Robert Wyllie, Steven Knepper, Ethan Stoneman

Book Overview

Byung-Chul Han is one of the most important living philosophers, renowned for his critiques of the digital age. In response to the idea that new technological devices expand our freedom, he argues that they lead to burnout and self-absorption and that we must redevelop contemplative practices which slow us down and open us up. He has brought to his thought forms of deep cosmopolitanism developed from both Zen Buddhism and a renewed Romanticism.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509560998
• ISBN13: 9781509560998
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.6"