Crisis de la Narracion, La - Paperback

by Byung-Chul Han (Author)

Narratives create bonds. From them is born what connects and links us. In this way, they found communities and save us from contingency. However, today, when everything has become arbitrary and random, storytelling has become a commercial weapon that transforms storytelling into another tool of capitalism, propagating amid the disorientation and lack of meaning characteristic of the information society. Storytelling and information are opposing forces. The spirit of the narration is lost among the information that turns individuals into consumers, lonely and isolated, dedicated to moments, with the aim of increasing their performance and productivity. Only the narration is the one that elevates us and unites us through a common history of communicable experiences that make the passage of time meaningful, contributing a transforming power to society; it is the only one that can gather us around the fire to give us meaning.

Author Biography

Byung-Chul Han (Seúl, Corea del Sur, 1959) estudió Filosofía en la Universidad de Friburgo y Literatura Alemana y Teología en la Universidad de Múnich. En 1994 se doctoró por la primera de dichas universidades con una tesis sobre Martin Heidegger. Ha sido profesor de Filosofía en la Universidad de Basilea; de Filosofía y Teoría de los Medios en la Escuela Superior de Diseño de Karlsruhe y de Filosofía y Estudios Culturales en la Universidad de las Artes de Berlín. Es autor de más de una veintena de títulos, casi todos ellos publicados en castellano por Herder Editorial.