The nihilification of things or how the world of life became the infosphere: Byung-Chul Han

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Byung-Chul Han. Non-things. World of life. Nihilification. Digital age. Artificial intelligence.

Abstract

This is a critical review of Não-coisas: Reviravoltas do mundo da vida a recent book by philosopher Byung-Chul Han. We intend to present a panel in which the main features of the work will be shown. From the concept of “non-things” (Undinge), this one confessedly appropriated from Vilém Flusser, there are indications of how our world is increasingly experienced as being emptied of meaning. The thesis is that computing, by digitizing reality, makes it unreal. In view of this, themes such as the world of life, artificial intelligence, and the digital come into consideration in light of the concept of non-things.

Author Biography

Roberto Kahlmeyer-Mertens, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE)

Professor associado da Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE). Doutor em Filosofia pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).

References

FLUSSER, V. O mundo codificado: Por uma filosofia do design e da comunicação. Tradução de Raquel Abi-Sâmara. São Paulo: Cosac Naivy, 2007.

FROMM, E. Ter ou ser. Tradução de Waltensir Dutra. Rio de Janeiro: Zahar, 1977.

HAN, B.-C. Não-coisas: Reviravoltas do mundo da vida. Tradução de Rafael Rodrigues Garcia. Petrópolis: Vozes, 2023.

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2024-12-31

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Vol. 16 No. esp. (2024)

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