Byung-Chul Han
Byung-Chul Han | |
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Byung-Chul Han in 2015 | |
| Born | 1959 (age 66) |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of Freiburg University of Basel |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-/21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy, Post-structuralism, Deconstruction |
| Main interests | |
| Notable ideas | Shanzhai as "Deconstruction in Chinese" |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 한병철 |
| Hanja | 韓炳哲 |
| Revised Romanization | Han Byeongcheol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Han Pyŏngchŏl |
| IPA | /han pjʌŋt͡ɕʰʌl/ |
Byung-Chul Han (born 1959) is a South Korean-born philosopher and cultural theorist living in Germany. He was a professor at the Berlin University of the Arts and still occasionally gives courses there. His work largely centers around critiques of neoliberalism and its impact on society and the individual. Although he writes in German, his books have been best received in the Hispanosphere.