3min chapter

PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast cover image

Pill Pod 27 - BURNOUT SOCIETY by Byung-Chul Han *UNLOCKED*

PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast

CHAPTER

Bartleby and the Scrivener

Chulhan: What makes Bartleby sick is not excessive positivity or possibility he's not burdened by the late modern imperative of letting his self flourish. Ahab was consumed by passion for something whereas Bartleby just preferred not to do anything including eating at the end so he starts to death. And there's another thing we didn't mention is that in this burnout society the eye goes to being a project. You are a project that you work on right and you have to build yourself into a successful human being. But he says Bartleby does not fail in the project of being an eye monotonous copying leaves no free space in which private initiative would prove necessary or

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode