The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present

by Byung-Chul Han

Book Overview

Untrammelled neoliberalism and the inexorable force of production have produced a 21st century crisis of community: a narcissistic cult of authenticity and mass turning-inward are among the pathologies engendered by it. We are individuals afloat in an atomised society, where the loss of the symbolic structures inherent in ritual behaviour has led to overdependence on the contingent to steer identity. Avoiding saccharine nostalgia for the rituals of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509542760
• ISBN13: 9781509542765
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.2"