Philosopher
Byung-Chul Han
Overview
Byung-Chul Han (Korean: 한병철; born 1959) is a South Korean-born German philosopher, Catholic theologian and cultural theorist. He was a professor at the Berlin University of the Arts and still occasionally gives courses there. His work largely centers around critiques of neoliberalism and its impact on society and the individual. Although he writes in German, his books have been best received in the Hispanosphere.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).
Ideas Byung-Chul Han discusses
- Freiburg im Breisgau
- Pierre Bourdieu
- René Girard
- Philosophy
- Western philosophy
- Internet
- Power (social and political)
- Love
- Munich
- Seoul
- The Guardian
- Aesthetics
- Walter Benjamin
- Political philosophy
- Post-structuralism
- Religion
- Sigmund Freud
- University of Freiburg
- Continental philosophy
- Giorgio Agamben
- Martin Heidegger
- Cultural studies
- Carl Schmitt
- Class struggle
Place in the tradition
Part of Environmental philosophy.