The Disappearance of Rituals | A Topology of the Present

Byung-Chul Han

ISBN 10: 1509542760 / ISBN 13: 9781509542765

Editore: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2020

The Disappearance of Rituals | A Topology of the Present | Byung-Chul Han | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2020 | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | EAN 9781509542765 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. Codice articolo 118085146

Riassunto:

Untrammelled neoliberalism and the inexorable force of production have produced a 21st century crisis of community: a narcissistic cult of authenticity and mass turning-inward are among the pathologies engendered by it. We are individuals afloat in an atomised society, where the loss of the symbolic structures inherent in ritual behaviour has led to overdependence on the contingent to steer identity.

Avoiding saccharine nostalgia for the rituals of the past, Han provides a genealogy of their disappearance as a means of diagnosing the pathologies of the present. He juxtaposes a community without communication – where the intensity of togetherness in silent recognition provides structure and meaning – to today’s communication without community, which does away with collective feelings and leaves individuals exposed to exploitation and manipulation by neoliberal psycho-politics. The community that is invoked everywhere today is an atrophied and commoditized community that lacks the symbolic power to bind people together. For Han, it is only the mutual praxis of recognition borne by the ritualistic sharing of the symbolic between members of a community which creates the footholds of objectivity allowing us to make sense of time.

This new book by one of the most creative cultural theorists writing today will be of interest to a wide readership.

Informazioni sull'autore: Byung-Chul Han is a Korean-born Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies who teaches at the University of the Arts (UdK) in Berlin. He is the author of more than 20 books including The Scent of Time, Saving Beauty and The Burnout Society.

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Titolo: The Disappearance of Rituals | A Topology of...
Casa editrice: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Data di pubblicazione: 2020
Legatura: Taschenbuch
Condizione: Neu