Автор: Byung-Chul Han

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...

Heute herrscht ?berall eine Algophobie, eine generalisierte Angst vor Schmerzen. Jeder schmerzhafte Zustand wird vermieden. Verd?chtig sind auch Liebesschmerzen. Die Schmerztoleranz sinkt rapide. Die Algophobie hat eine Daueran?sthesierung zur...

What we call growth today is in fact a tumorous growth, a cancerous proliferation which is disrupting the social organism. These tumours endlessly metastasize and grow with an inexplicable, deadly vitality. At a certain point this growth is no...

Our societies today are characterized by a universal algophobia: a generalized fear of pain. We strive to avoid all painful conditions – even the pain of love is treated as suspect. This algophobia extends into society: less and less space is...

In the wake of globalization, cultural forms of expression have become increasingly detached from their places of origin, circulating in a hyper-domain of culture where there is no real difference anymore between indigenous and foreign, near and...