What Is Power?

ISBN-13: 9781509516100 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 120 str.

Byung-Chul Han

Opis

Power is a pervasive phenomenon yet there is little consensus on what it is and how it should be understood. In this book the cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han develops a fresh and original perspective on the nature of power, shedding new light on this key feature of social and political life.

Recenzje

"On an itinerary driven by unusual intellectual independence and perfect argumentative transparency, Byung–Chul Han may have reached the level of true philosophical mastership. Based on a circumspect discussion of the positions marked by some classical thinkers of Modernity, What is Power? develops a new vision of the asymmetries produced by human interaction and thus lives up to the promise of ′depriving power of the power it has on account of never have been adequately understood.′"
Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Stanford University

Spis treści

Preface vii1. The Logic of Power 12. The Semantics of Power 223. The Metaphysics of Power 414. The Politics of Power 615. The Ethics of Power 80Notes 98Bibliography 123

O autorze

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 Transparency Society and The Burnout Society.