Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of PowerExploring how neoliberalism has discovered the productive force of the psyche Byung-Chul Han, a star of German philosophy, continues his passionate critique of neoliberalism, trenchantly describing a regime of technological domination that, in contrast to Foucault’s biopower, has discovered the productive force of the psyche. In the course of discussing all the facets of neoliberal psychopolitics fueling our contemporary crisis of freedom, Han elaborates an analytical framework that provides an original theory of Big Data and a lucid phenomenology of emotion. But this provocative essay proposes counter models too, presenting a wealth of ideas and surprising alternatives at every turn. |
Contents
Smart Power | 13 |
The Mole and the Snake | 17 |
Biopolitics | 19 |
Foucaults Dilemma | 23 |
Healing as Killing | 29 |
Shock | 33 |
Friendly Big Brother | 37 |
Emotional Capitalism | 41 |
Gamification | 49 |
Big Data | 55 |
Beyond the Subject | 77 |
Idiotism | 81 |
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