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"The task of power is to transform the always possible no into a yes."
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Byung-Chul HanEvery religious practice is an exercise in attention. A temple is the — Byung-Chul Han
"Every religious practice is an exercise in attention. A temple is the highest degree of attention."
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Byung-Chul Han
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Byung-Chul Han is a South Korean–born philosopher, Catholic theologian 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 Hispanospher
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"Violence and freedom are the two endpoints on the scale of power."
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"Power is not opposed to freedom. It is precisely freedom that distinguishes power from violence or coercion."
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"When power is separated from any communicative context, it becomes naked violence."
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"Power is more spacious than violence. And violence becomes power if it gives itself more time. Looked at from this perspective, power rests on an excess of space and time."
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"A truly powerful holder of power does not simply elicit agreement, but enthusiasm and excitement."
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