Psychopolitics

Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power

Byung-Chul Han, Erik Butler

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Verso Books
01 January 2018

Social & political philosophy; Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies

Byung-Chul Han, a star of German philosophy, continues his passionate critique of neoliberalism, trenchantly describing a regime of technological domination that, in contrast to Foucault’s biopower, has discovered the productive force of the psyche. In the course of discussing all the facets of neoliberal psychopolitics fueling our contemporary crisis of freedom, Han elaborates an analytical framework that provides an original theory of Big Data and a lucid phenomenology of emotion. But this provocative essay proposes counter models too, presenting a wealth of ideas and surprising alternatives at every turn.

By: Byung-Chul Han
Translated by: Erik Butler
Imprint: Verso Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 245g
ISBN: 9781784785765
ISBN 10: 1784785768
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 01 January 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Replaced By: 9781784785772
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Byung-Chul Han, studied metallurgy in Korea, then philosophy, German literature and Catholic theology in Freiburg and Munich. He has taught philosophy at the University of Basel, and philosophy and media theory at the School for Design in Karlsruhe. In 2012, he was appointed professor at the Berlin University of the Arts. Han’s other works available in English include The Burnout Society, The Transparency Society and The Agony of Eros.

Reviews for Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power

-The new star of German philosophy.- --El Pais -What is new about new media? These are philosophical questions for Byung-Chul Han, and precisely here lies the appeal of his essays.- --Die Welt -In Psychopolitics, critique of the media and of capitalism fuse into the coherent picture of a society that has been both blinded and paralyzed by alien forces. Confident and compelling.- --Spiegel Online