The Palliative Society
In this essay, Byung-Chul Han addresses the fear of pain in contemporary society. People seek to avoid pain at all costs, whether physical or psychological.
This avoidance is evident in several...
HAN, Byung-Chul
The spirit of hope
Byung-Chul Han (Seoul, 1959) studied philosophy at the University of Freiburg, German literature and theology at the University of Munich. In 1994 he received his doctorate in Freiburg with a thesis on...
Infocracy
Byung-Chul Han is arguably the most widely read philosopher today. The subtitle of this book is very significant: "Digitalization and the Crisis of Democracy". Digitalization advances inexorably. We are...
The Agony of Eros
One of Byung-Chul Han's most successful books. This book has already been translated into seven languages. In it he analyzes one of the most characteristic aspects of today's society: extreme individualism...
The Burnout Society
Every era has its emblematic diseases. In ours, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), borderline personality disorder (BPD) or occupational burnout syndrome (OBS) are the menu of the...