I'm glad that you used the word narcissism because the behaviors that Han describes are the fall-out from a narcissistic society in which we have to compete. Narcissists naturally live an episodic lifestyle versus a sense of a continuum that normal people try to live. Narcissists can't love and can't give of themselves. Their approach to life has permeated our society so that instead of pursuing the joy of touching other people, we placate ourselves with the distraction of being consumed by what technology offers.

@kikiandsen

4 ай бұрын

You have put it in words very well!

What a coincidence. I read The Burnout Society last year, ironically while looking for books about (my recently diagnosed) ADHD and I'm thoroughly intrigued with his ideas. Although I am more on agreement with Slavoj Zizek that Han's ideas only applicable to a hypercapitalism society which only translates to maybe major cities in well-developed and developing countries. Watching your video, now I'm also intrigued with Scent of Time. I'll buy it along Psychopolitics which already in my wishlist.

Thanks for making this video. Byung Chul Hans work has become incredibly influential over the past couple of years in reframing my ways of being. This channel is easily my favorite on youtube! Keep up the amazing work!

We appreciate how well you articulate your insights. You'll always have our support.

I’m very glad you made this video.

@RCWaldun

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Jared!

@RCWaldun

5 ай бұрын

Also I was wondering if you want to do a collaboration of some kind? I’m a big fan of your work and would love to set up a zoom call to bounce some ideas around. :)

Welcome back, Waldun! And thanks for the recs!

It’s good to see you back as I’ve missed your videos. I’ve never read any of Byung-Chul Hans works but he has been my too read list for some time but I’ve always pushed other books ahead of his. This video has prompted me to move him to the top of my reading list.

@RCWaldun

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! It feels great to be back and I’m glad you got something out of this video! Han’s books are wonderful to read and they won’t take you long to finish.

I read Psychopolitics near the end of last year. Loved it. His writing is so simple but retains complexity/profundity

Ordered Burnout society a while ago and I expected a long book. When it came it actually had me shocked and hooked pretty early on. I really love how he condenses his ideas and makes them so very relatable to one's reality. As a (recovering) overachiever, I believe reading him is getting into an arguent with myself and coming out on the healthier, less burned-out end of myself. Thank you for the other book reccomendations - I am looking forward to reading one or two of them soon!

Great vid thank you for the book recommendations Waldun!

Really helpful recommendations- great timing too as I recently finished In the Swarm, which I really enjoyed, and so I was wondering which of his books to read next!

I just wanted to learn more about Byung-Chul Han, and your video really helps.

Enjoyed your introduction. Kind of got an idea on where to start. Thank you!

Hes incredible. The burnout society really changed my outlook on things. I felt like he was speaking directly to me as I haven't been familiar with the idea of "too much freedom" as I live in a capitalistic society. I have also been trying my best to break down that wall of anti-marxist thought. Its so engrained here in the states. Han has been a great way of enlightenment for me.

Have not read Han yet, but I am intrigued, so I've added all recs to my TBR. Thanks!

This video is very inspiring! I have recently discovered his works as a part of my study in political science.

Wow, your Substack is beauuuutiful. congrats, well done

Nice video man. Perfect amount of focus given to each book and very useful. You even gave me some recommendations I hadn’t heard of before!

Watched this video earlier today and I had me thinking. Am I the only one who feels bad when I don’t complete everything I planned to do in a day, especially find time for reading? How do you deal with it?

@juanelcaballoloco9388

5 ай бұрын

You're far from the only one. What has solved the majority of the issue is not scheduling my day chock-full, and instead posing an artificial limit on the amount of work hours I can schedule, purposely leaving large gaps. On one hand, if I underestimate the amount of time I need, I usually still get everything done. On the other hand, it leaves time for 'free' work, that is, working when you feel motivated to do so beyond your planned hours. It also helps me a lot with prioritizing. A lot of people, including myself (still today) do a lot of fluff work just to inflate their schedules and feel really busy and hard-working. When you only have say, 5 hours per day, you are forced to focus on the things that matter most. Take what I say with a grain of salt. Nonetheless, I hope it helps!

Excellent recommendations, thanks you so much!!

@RCWaldun

5 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! :)

Welcome back!

My favorite living philosopher. Been obsessed by him since I’ve discovered him 9 years ago.

Great video, thanks!

Great writer and thinker and loved this analysis and exploration Byung-Chul Han's corpus. Almost purchased Non-Things in Kindle format, oh sweet irony!

How ironic it is to watch a video about Byung Chul Han's philosophy and be fed an advertisement of Skilshare.

@GeorgeSchell

8 сағат бұрын

This video and its comments section are pretty wild.

I’ve been wanting to get into Byung-Chul Han’s works. I have The Burnout Society on my Kindle and Psychopolitics in my wishlist but I haven’t found the time I really want to devote to reading him. I don’t remember where I first heard his name, but so many of the themes you pointed out here really speak to me - specifically self-optimization. I’m actually on a bit of a journey to deprogram myself from self-optimization in various areas of my life.

I have just discovered your channel. I have only read 6 of his books and it was a long time back. I think I will re read some of them again. The burnt out society is very interesting, especially for someone who is not from a Calvinist work ethics culture. Max Weber would be a good antecedent to this.

I can't wait to enter this thinker

Gotta get Waldun a copy of Jason Bryan's upcoming 3rd book!

This is the first video I've seen on Han featuring Absence and Non-Things, my two favorites by him. All of his work has been beneficial to me in some way, though, as a non-university-educated student of philosophy, the book What Is Power? went just about all the way over my head. Curious if you've read that one, and what you'd rate it on your difficulty scale.

@RCWaldun

5 ай бұрын

Oh man What is Power is perhaps one of the most difficult ones by him. It’s essentially a critique of the repressive power hypothesis proposed in late 20th century critical theory, and compared to some of his other books the writing is turgid and opaque. It’s not his strongest work in terms of accessibility, but it’s definitely one of his more academic ones.

Well done .....

What are your thoughts on Murakami?

Thanks for this! I just recently started reading Byung-Chul Han (have read Burnout Society, Psychopolitics, and Transparency Society) and one term his translator uses a lot is "dispositive" and I'm not 100% clear on what this means other that some vague idea of it maybe meaning something like "the resolution of a legal issue". Any ideas?

Maybe Apple's new "Vision Pro" should come with some free copies of Byung-Chul Han.

I missed you

has anyone read Vita Contemplativa? It looks interesting to me

@RCWaldun

4 ай бұрын

It’s brilliant, read it! :)

@battlepoet

4 ай бұрын

@@RCWaldun I ended up buying the ebook last night actually! Thanks for the inspiration.

Its true 😂he writes so well that you end up highlighting the whole book

Byung-Chul Han is definitely Waldun in the future

@RCWaldun

5 ай бұрын

Flattered. :)

Ah finally a modern philosopher who won't write 500 pages on one, two, three, where's the fourth... hehe. Nice to see books that are actually getting shorter instead of 1000 pages of esoteric nonsense 😂

Byung Chul Han is writing in German. It's all about condensing meaning. 😅

You need a Skillshare course on how to brush your hair...it is always a mess.

@RCWaldun

4 ай бұрын

I blame my shitty conditioner.

@Juan-kd5nz

4 ай бұрын

@@RCWaldunUse one with Keratin. Leave it for 10 mins.

How you make money? What you do?

And read Marx.

@pragmaticthinker1139

3 ай бұрын

No

@BT-sc6lu

3 ай бұрын

@@pragmaticthinker1139 I expect nothing less from someone with John Locke as their profile pic. Lol. I bet you value property over ppl.

@pragmaticthinker1139

3 ай бұрын

@@BT-sc6lu No I dont. Plus Marx is a materialist which is why he is so wrong on so many things.

@derherrgonzo9021

3 ай бұрын

f marx

@ComradeCyber-bm4cn

Ай бұрын

@@pragmaticthinker1139Delusional idealist nonsense