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In the Swarm: Digital Prospects: Volume 3
Byung-Chul Han
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Description for In the Swarm: Digital Prospects: Volume 3
Paperback. Translator(s): Butler, Erik. Series: Untimely Meditations. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; UDBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 7. .
A prominent German thinker argues that-contrary to Twitter Revolution cheerleading-digital communication is destroying political discourse and political action. The shitstorm represents an authentic phenomenon of digital communication. -from In the Swarm Digital communication and social media have taken over our lives. In this contrarian reflection on digitized life, Byung-Chul Han counters the cheerleaders for Twitter revolutions and Facebook activism by arguing that digital communication is in fact responsible for the disintegration of community and public space and is slowly eroding any possibility for real political action and meaningful political discourse. In ... Read more
A prominent German thinker argues that-contrary to Twitter Revolution cheerleading-digital communication is destroying political discourse and political action. The shitstorm represents an authentic phenomenon of digital communication. -from In the Swarm Digital communication and social media have taken over our lives. In this contrarian reflection on digitized life, Byung-Chul Han counters the cheerleaders for Twitter revolutions and Facebook activism by arguing that digital communication is in fact responsible for the disintegration of community and public space and is slowly eroding any possibility for real political action and meaningful political discourse. In ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Untimely Meditations
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262533362
SKU
V9780262533362
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About Byung-Chul Han
Byung-Chul Han, born in Seoul, is Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies at the Universitat der Kunste Berlin (UdK). One of the most widely read philosophers in Europe, he is the author of more than twenty books, includingincluding four previous volumes in the MIT Press Untimely Meditations series, In the Swarm: Digital Prospects, The Agony of Eros, Shanzhai: Deconstruction in ... Read more
Reviews for In the Swarm: Digital Prospects: Volume 3
Han is among the philosophers who have interpreted the world not only without seeking to change it... but also without giving sufficient weight to how messy it was before they started paying attention. -Inside Higher Ed