[ecrea] CFP: Byung-Chul Han and Critical Cultural Studies

Call for Proposals: Byung-Chul Han and Critical Cultural Studies

Byung-Chul Han is a widely read and influential philosopher at Berlin’s 
University of the Arts and many of his works have been just been 
translated into English. Arguing that we have moved beyond Foucault’s 
disciplinary society and notions of biopolitics, Han writes that, 
especially due to new digital technologies and social media (Han 2017a), 
current society is characterized by psychopolitics (2017b), transparency 
(2015a), and burnout (2015b). His many books also cover subjects such as 
a crisis of time (dyschronicity) (2017c), a crisis of love (2017d), and 
other topics.

I am seeking a diverse set of scholars to join a panel discussion on the 
relevance of Han’s provocative thought for contemporary cultural studies 
and communication studies. I will be proposing this panel to the 
Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies division of the National 
Communication Association for their annual conference in Salt Lake City, 
Utah next November. The format for the panel would be short papers on a 
variety of perspectives on Han’s work, fostering a larger conversation 
between panel members and the audience. It is meant to be both an 
introduction and a critical engagement with this work. Obviously, it 
will not be possible to address all aspects of his work, but perhaps we 
will center on key themes set out in The Transparency Society, In the 
Swarm, and Psychopolitics as they relate to social media, surveillance, 
and politics, bringing in other work as relevant.

If you are interested in being a part of this panel, please email me 
((gregwise /at/ asu.edu)) by Friday, March 16^th , and describe what aspects of 
Han’s work you would like to address. Once we get a group together we 
can figure out what format or key theme works best for the group. But at 
this point I am most interested in gathering a group of scholars 
interested in engaging with this work.

Current English translations of Han’s work:

Han (2015a) The Transparency Society. Stanford.

Han (2015b) The Burnout Society. Stanford

Han (2017a) In the Swarm. MIT.

Han (2017b) Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and new Technologies of power. 
Verso.

Han (2017c) The Scent of Time. Polity.

Han (2017d) The Agony of Eros. MIT.

Han (2017e) Saving Beauty. Polity.

Han (2017f) Shanzhai: Deconstruction in Chinese. MIT.

Han (forthcoming) The Expulsion of the Other: Society, Perception, and 
Communication Today. Polity.

Han (forthcoming) Topology of Violence. MIT.


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