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The Palliative Society

- Pain Today
Af: Byung-Chul Han Engelsk Hardback

The Palliative Society

- Pain Today
Af: Byung-Chul Han Engelsk Hardback
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Our societies today are characterized by a universal algophobia: a generalized fear of pain. We strive to avoid all painful conditions – even the pain of love is treated as suspect. This algophobia extends into society: less and less space is given to conflicts and controversies that might prompt painful discussions. It takes hold of politics too: politics becomes a palliative politics that is incapable of implementing radical reforms that might be painful, so all we get is more of the same. Faced with the coronavirus pandemic, the palliative society is transformed into a society of survival. The virus enters the palliative zone of well-being and turns it into a quarantine zone in which life is increasingly focused on survival. And the more life becomes survival, the greater the fear of death: the pandemic makes death, which we had carefully repressed and set aside, visible again. Everywhere, the prolongation of life at any cost is the preeminent value, and we are prepared to sacrifice everything that makes life worth living for the sake of survival. This trenchant analysis of our contemporary societies by one of the most original cultural critics of our time will appeal to a wide readership.
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Our societies today are characterized by a universal algophobia: a generalized fear of pain. We strive to avoid all painful conditions – even the pain of love is treated as suspect. This algophobia extends into society: less and less space is given to conflicts and controversies that might prompt painful discussions. It takes hold of politics too: politics becomes a palliative politics that is incapable of implementing radical reforms that might be painful, so all we get is more of the same. Faced with the coronavirus pandemic, the palliative society is transformed into a society of survival. The virus enters the palliative zone of well-being and turns it into a quarantine zone in which life is increasingly focused on survival. And the more life becomes survival, the greater the fear of death: the pandemic makes death, which we had carefully repressed and set aside, visible again. Everywhere, the prolongation of life at any cost is the preeminent value, and we are prepared to sacrifice everything that makes life worth living for the sake of survival. This trenchant analysis of our contemporary societies by one of the most original cultural critics of our time will appeal to a wide readership.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 76
ISBN-13: 9781509547234
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1509547231
Kategori: Filosofi
Udg. Dato: 16 jul 2021
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 145mm
Højde: 226mm
Forlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Oplagsdato: 16 jul 2021
Forfatter(e): Byung-Chul Han
Forfatter(e) Byung-Chul Han

Kategori Filosofi

ISBN-13 9781509547234

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 76

Udgave

Længde 18mm

Bredde 145mm

Højde 226mm

Udg. Dato 16 jul 2021

Oplagsdato 16 jul 2021

Forlag John Wiley and Sons Ltd