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Byung-Chul Han (Seoul, 1959). He is a South Korean philosopher, specialist in cultural studies and professor at the Berlin University of the Arts. He is considered one of the most relevant philosophers of contemporary thought for his constant criticism of capitalism, the society of work, and technology. Byung Chul Han was born in Seoul. When he was a child, he was interested in technology, he played with radios and the occasional electronic item, then when he was young he began to study metallurgy at the University of Korea, he abandoned his studies after causing an explosion in his house while conducting experiments. At the age of 26 he came to Germany without knowing anything about philosophy. He studied German philosophy and literature at the University of Freiburg and theology at the University of Munich. Since 2012, he has been a professor of philosophy studies and cultural studies at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), where he directs the Studium Generale, or general studies program.

Han's current work focuses on "transparency" as a cultural norm created by neoliberal market forces, which he understands as the insatiable drive toward the voluntary disclosure of all kinds of information that borders on the pornographic. According to Han, the dictates of transparency impose a totalitarian system of openness at the expense of other social values ​​such as shame, secrecy and confidentiality.

Han criticizes the generalization of pressures on the individual, who is required and is demanded constant activity, an obligation that ends up plunging him into depression.