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"When power is separated from any communicative context, it becomes naked violence."
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Byung-Chul HanPerhaps power is never free from a feeling of lack. — Byung-Chul Han
"Perhaps power is never free from a feeling of lack."
Perhaps power is never free from a feeling of lack.
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Byung-Chul Han
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
About Byung-Chul Han
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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"Power is never naked. Rather, it is eloquent."
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"An absolute power would be one that never becomes apparent, never pointed to itself, one that rather blended completely into what goes without saying. Power shines in its own absence."
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"Power turns pure being into a having."
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"Violence may capture space, but it does not create space."
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"The task of power is to transform the always possible no into a yes."
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