Breakdown in words and rites: the X-ray of Byung-Chul Han
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Byung-Chul Han denies any nostalgia, but there is an elegiac tone in his philosophy, referring to the loss of what, until recently, allowed us to live. gremlin / Getty Images
Philosopher Byung-Chul Han analyzes the narrative crisis and the disappearance of rituals that affect our late modernity.
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I subscribeBook after book, Byung-Chul Han continues his x-ray of the present time. After examining fatigue, desire, digital technology, entertainment, and pain, the German philosopher focuses on the disappearance of stories and rituals, themes that complement his reflection on the erosion of our human community under the influence of neoliberal digital capitalism. Two points of attention that also resonate with his persistent interest in religion, a reality so confident in the power of narrative and ritual.
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