Psychopolitics
内容简介
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.
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作者简介
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.
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读书文摘
新自由主义政权的权力技术采用了一种微妙的模式。它并不直接掌控个体。确切地说，它要做的是让个体从自身出发，自己去影响自己，让环境威力法自发形成，同时，还会把这种法则诠释为自由。自我优化和征服、自由和剥削都合而为一。福柯始终没有看清的是，自由和剥削合二为一的权力技术，成了一种自我剥削的形式。
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