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juh_jun 's review for:
The Burnout Society
by Byung-Chul Han
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Read this book if you enjoy:
- random and often completely unfounded takes on contemporary culture
- fake news and rage bait (autistic people are like computers because they lack a capacity for contemplation; conditions such as adhd and bipolar disorder are „illnesses“ indicative of an „overly positive“ societal paradigm, to name a couple of particularly memorable moments)
- a pretentious writing style that favours clunky big words over clarity and accessibility
- hair-raisingly far-fetched interpretations of Greek mythology and literary classics
- unsuccessful attempts to challenge some of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century
One star for the underlying questions of this book, which could have made for an interesting text but ultimately couldn’t save this total train wreck.
- random and often completely unfounded takes on contemporary culture
- fake news and rage bait (autistic people are like computers because they lack a capacity for contemplation; conditions such as adhd and bipolar disorder are „illnesses“ indicative of an „overly positive“ societal paradigm, to name a couple of particularly memorable moments)
- a pretentious writing style that favours clunky big words over clarity and accessibility
- hair-raisingly far-fetched interpretations of Greek mythology and literary classics
- unsuccessful attempts to challenge some of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century
One star for the underlying questions of this book, which could have made for an interesting text but ultimately couldn’t save this total train wreck.