The Expulsion of the Other: Society, Perception and Communication Today Contributor(s): Han, Byung-Chul (Author), Hoban, Wieland (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1509523065 ISBN-13: 9781509523061 Publisher: Polity Press OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Psychology | Social Psychology - Philosophy | Social |
Dewey: 302.17 |
LCCN: 2017033814 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.35 lbs) 100 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The days of the Other are over in this age of excessive communication, information and consumption. What used to be the Other, be it as friend, as Eros or as hell, is now indistinguishable from the self in our narcissistic desire to assimilate everything and everyone until there are no boundaries left. The result is a 'terror of the Same', lives in which we no longer pursue knowledge, insight and experience but are instead reduced to the echo chambers and illusory encounters offered by social media. In extreme cases, this feeling of disorientation and senselessness is compensated through self-harm, or even harming others through acts of terrorism. |