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

PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast

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The Bartleby Story by Eric Malvo

Chul Han: At the end Bartleby just kind of stands in a courtyard. He refuses to like feed himself he refuses to perform like basic biological functions and he just, he just kind of dies but some of these readings take this up as like a revolutionary act. Like the Zee-Zhak shirt. Yeah, it's a revolutionary act is the polar opposite of when he wears the shirt that says obey or when you put on the glasses and the advertisement just says, you're free to do as we tell you. Isn't it also interesting that that Chul Han does not reference Zee-Hak's reading of the Bartleby case like of the Bartlady

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