Byung-Chul Han: “I Practise Philosophy as Art”

ArtReviewUndinge revolves around our loss of connection to things in favour of digital information. What do objects have that new technologies don’t?

Byung-Chul Han Undinge proposes that the age of objects is over. The terrane order, the order of the Earth, consists of objects that take on a permanent form and provide a stable environment for human... See more

AR You write, ‘Objects are resting places for life’, meaning that they are charged with significance. You cite your jukebox as an example, which holds an almost magical power for you. What do you reply when someone accuses you of nostalgia?

BCH Under no circumstances do I want to praise old, beautiful objects. That would be very unphilosophical. I ... See more

AR In Undinge you write, ‘We save masses of data, yet never return to the memories. We accumulate friends and followers, without encountering an other.’ Similar incantations were heard at the time of the invention of the letterpress and later newspaper and television... Could it be that you are catastrophising the situation?

BCH My aim is not to ca... See more