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Hegel y el poder: Un ensayo sobre la amabilidad

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Al examinar la filosofía de Hegel en función del fenómeno del poder, esta obra sondea su núcleo mismo: el poder no es un componente marginal del sistema hegeliano sino su configuración interior. Por tanto, ha de ser presentado en toda su complejidad, con todo su resplandor y también con sus límites, porque el poder no siempre se manifiesta en la coacción, la opresión o la violencia. Por el contrario, su auténtica manera de expresarse es en la concordia. Así, el poder se vincula con el otro: habilita al uno a continuarse en el otro. Favorece así una continuidad del sí-mismo.

Byung-Chul Han propone en este estudio una profunda exploración teórica de la filosofía hegeliana en torno al poder para hacer un análisis crítico del espíritu de Hegel. Frente a la palabra del poder, que se presenta como término de libertad o como palabra de amor, este libro pretende hacer visible un concepto completamente distinto que brilla a pesar de —o in-cluso gracias a— la ausencia de poder. Se trata de la amabilidad.

160 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 2, 2019

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Byung-Chul Han

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Byung-Chul Han, also spelled Pyŏng-ch'ŏl Han (born 1959 in Seoul), is a German author, cultural theorist, and Professor at the Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK) in Berlin, Germany.

Byung-Chul Han studied metallurgy in Korea before he moved to Germany in the 1980s to study Philosophy, German Literature and Catholic theology in Freiburg im Breisgau and Munich. He received his doctoral degree at Freiburg with a dissertation on Martin Heidegger in 1994.

In 2000, he joined the Department of Philosophy at the University of Basel, where he completed his Habilitation. In 2010 he became a faculty member at the HfG Karlsruhe, where his areas of interest were philosophy of the 18th, 19th and 20th century, ethics, social philosophy, phenomenology, cultural theory, aesthetics, religion, media theory, and intercultural philosophy. Since 2012 he teaches philosophy and cultural studies at the Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK), where he directs the newly established Studium Generale general-studies program.

Han is the author of sixteen books, of which the most recent are treatises on what he terms a "society of tiredness" (Müdigkeitsgesellschaft), a "society of transparency" (Transparenzgesellschaft), and on his neologist concept of shanzai, which seeks to identify modes of deconstruction in contemporary practices of Chinese capitalism.

Han's current work focuses on transparency as a cultural norm created by neoliberal market forces, which he understands as the insatiable drive toward voluntary disclosure bordering on the pornographic. According to Han, the dictates of transparency enforce a totalitarian system of openness at the expense of other social values such as shame, secrecy, and trust.

Until recently, he refused to give radio and television interviews and rarely divulges any biographical or personal details, including his date of birth, in public.

Han has written on topics such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, borderline, burnout, depression, exhaustion, internet, love, pop culture, power, rationality, religion, social media, subjectivity, tiredness, transparency and violence.

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December 25, 2023
Quando a gente lê um livro pela segunda, terceira, quarta vez acaba pegando nuances ou outros insights que num outro clima ou com menos bagagem cultural, não tínhamos captado. na segunda vez que li A Topologia da Violência, acabou chamando minha atenção a diferenciação entre poder e violência que Han faz com primazia. Esta leitura me levou a busca outro livro do filósofo sul-coreano, Hegel e o Poder, este que vos descrevo. Contudo, esse aqui me decepcionou um tanto, principalmente por causa da abordagem que Han faz do poder, através do ponto de vista hegeliano, filósofo que é um de seus grandes influenciadores. Eu estava buscando inferências semelhantes àquelas que encontrei em Topologia da Violência, mas não encontrei. Uma forma de pensar o poder de maneira espacial como faz lá. Eu estava relutante para ler esse livro porque algo me dizia que eu não iria curtir tanto quanto o que curti na maioria dos livros de Han. Agora, com conhecimento de causa, posso dizer que não gostei.
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December 11, 2014
Ich hatte beim Lesen den Eindruck, dass man die (gute!) These auch auf 10 Seiten hätte formulieren können. Aber dann wäre natürlich weniger Hegel und mehr Han gewesen. Vielleicht muss ich diesen Drang der männlichen Philosophie, sich ausführlich dem Denken anderer Männer zu widmen, obwohl man es für falsch hält, auch nicht verstehen. Hans Kritik an Hegel ist eigentlich schon kalter Kaffee seit Carla Lonzi. Die Idee mit der Freundlichkeit als Alternativf ist hingegen hübsch, ich werde sie gerne assimilieren.
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