Description: The days of the Other are over in this age of excessive communication, information and consumption. What used to be the Other, be it as friend, as Eros or as hell, is now indistinguishable from the self in our narcissistic desire to assimilate everything and everyone until there are no boundaries left. The result is a 'terror of the Same', lives in which we no longer pursue knowledge, insight and experience but are instead reduced to the echo chambers and illusory encounters offered by social media. In extreme cases, this feeling of disorientation and senselessness is compensated through self-harm, or even harming others through acts of terrorism. Byung-Chul Han argues that our times are characterized not by external repression but by an internal depression, whereby the destructive pressure comes not from the Other but from the self. It is only by returning to a society of listeners and lovers, by acknowledging and desiring the Other, that we can seek to overcome the isolation and suffering caused by this crushing process of total assimilation.
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EAN: 9781509523061
UPC: 9781509523061
ISBN: 9781509523061
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Book Title: The Expulsion of the Other - Society, Perception a
Item Length: 20.8 cm
Number of Pages: 100 Pages
Publication Name: The Expulsion of the Other: Society, Perception and Communication Today
Language: English
Publisher: Polity Press
Item Height: 210 mm
Subject: Sociology, Anthropology
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 150 g
Author: Byung-Chul Han
Item Width: 158 mm
Format: Paperback
