$43.63
- Paperback
72 pages
- Release Date
11 August 2015
Summary
Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather than improving life, multitasking, “user-friendly” technology, and the culture of convenience are producing disorders that range from depression to attention deficit disorder to borderline personality disorder. Byung-Chul Han interprets the spreading malaise as an inability to manage negative experiences in an age characterized by excessive positivity and the universal availability of people an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780804795098 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0804795096 |
| Author: | Byung-Chul Han |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
| Imprint: | Stanford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 72 |
| Release Date: | 11 August 2015 |
| Weight: | 90g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 203mm x 127mm |
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Byung-Chul Han
Korean-born German philosopher Byung-Chul Han teaches philosophy and cultural studies at Berlin’s University of the Arts (UdK). In the past few years, his provocative essays have been translated into numerous languages, and he has become one of the most widely read philosophers in Europe and beyond. His work is presented here in English for the first time.
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