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Byung-Chul Han is a South Korean-born German philosopher and cultural theorist known for his concise, critical analyses of contemporary society. His work diagnoses the pathologies of late capitalism, focusing on the exhaustion, transparency, and performance demands of the digital age. He critiques neoliberalism's shift from external exploitation to internal self-exploitation, leading to societal burnout and the erosion of alterity.

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The Burnout Society
The Transparency Society
Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power
The Agony of Eros
Topology of Violence
GoodBye Things: The End of the Consumption Age
The Palliative Society

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