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Philosophy Sociology Technology EN · C1 Why C1? Philosophical interview uses media theory, cultural criticism, and dense abstract language about information. 10 min read

All That Is Solid Melts Into Information

By Byung-Chul Han (interviewed by Nathan Gardels) ·www.noemamag.com

Berlin-based Korean-German philosopher Byung-Chul Han — author of The Burnout Society and The Disappearance of Rituals — talks with Noema's Nathan Gardels about how the accelerated, narrative-less torrent of digital information disorients society and fragments community. Riffing on Marx's "all that is solid melts into air," Han argues information now plays that role, hollowing out shared time, ritual, and democratic deliberation. His counterweight is art, which he says can "evoke the glimmer of a new form of life."

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