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According to Byung-Chul Han, control is no longer exercised through negative power, wherein a disciplinary society prohibits certain actions or behaviours. Instead, people are now shaped by another controlling force; themselves. Western neo-liberal society is now an “achievement society” where self-optimisation determines our actions. Now, owing to the totality of capital, struggle no longer occurs between the in-group and the out-group, but against oneself. We are now free from the constraints of negative societies, which tell us not to do things, but now we are trapped in a positive society that tells us that we can achieve anything, if only we labour enough. We are achievement-subjects, compelled to maximise ourselves, auto-exploiting ourselves until we burnout.
I like how Byung-Chul Han characterises depression, as following “from overexcited, overdriven, excessive self-reference that has assumed destructive traits... Entirely incapable of stepping outward, of standing outside itself... It wears out in a race it runs against itself”.
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Tbh puede ser que esté siendo dura con el libro.
No sé si fue el formato (audio), la narración (español ibérico), o la traducción que no terminó de encantarme. Algunos términos que utiliza en lo personal no me gustan, y otros no siento que fueran manejados como lo haría desde la psicología occidental.
Más allá de eso, la idea general es interesante y su propuesta me hace sentido (mayormente).
No creo que intente ser, a fin de cuentas, una explicación científica. Sólo un ensayo filosófico.
No sé si fue el formato (audio), la narración (español ibérico), o la traducción que no terminó de encantarme. Algunos términos que utiliza en lo personal no me gustan, y otros no siento que fueran manejados como lo haría desde la psicología occidental.
Más allá de eso, la idea general es interesante y su propuesta me hace sentido (mayormente).
No creo que intente ser, a fin de cuentas, una explicación científica. Sólo un ensayo filosófico.
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We find ourselves subject to achievement, an epochal shift from the society of discipline familiar to any reader of Foucault - or most people, in fact. The consequences: the distresses and derangements of positivism, self exploitation, and social atomization.
Does the shoe fit? Too well. Too, too well.
On a minor note, I quite enjoy that Han frequently takes pains to point out how other philosophers are wrong. It's a petty habit that becomes quite the stylistic tic.
Does the shoe fit? Too well. Too, too well.
On a minor note, I quite enjoy that Han frequently takes pains to point out how other philosophers are wrong. It's a petty habit that becomes quite the stylistic tic.
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disclaimer: non studio filosofia sono una becera matematica. l ho trovato interessante dal pov contenutistico (societa prestazionale vs societa disciplinare + multitasking + origine depressione) ma violentemente frustrante da capire nella forma. tutti i concetti sono spiegati 0 volte e ripetuti 100. pbabilmente non è un testo pensato x essere interpretato da me che non so niente. per es il paradigma immunologico non e spiegato eppure e venduto come concetto fondalmentale sul quale la societa pre prestazionale e definita. non sono d accordo sulle conclusioni su antidepressivi e sacralità del corpo, per il resto sono abb d accordo. consiglio a chi e del mestiere/abbia voglia di riscrivere un testo x poterlo interpretare.
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