The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present - Couverture souple

Han, Byung-Chul

 
9781509542765: The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1509542760 ISBN 13 : 9781509542765
Editeur : Polity Press, 2020

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

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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Éditeur
Polity Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1509542760
ISBN 13 
9781509542765
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
186
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781509542758: The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present

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ISBN 10 :  1509542752 ISBN 13 :  9781509542758
Editeur : Polity Press, 2020
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