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Quotes from The Crisis of Narration — Byung-Chul Han

born 1959 South Korea

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"If life can no longer be narrated, wisdom deteriorates, and its place is taken by problem-solving."

The Crisis of Narration (2023)

"Without narration, life is purely additive."

The Crisis of Narration (2023)

"The smartphone seems to be a playground, but it is a digital panopticon."

The Crisis of Narration (2023)

"Psychological disorders are symptoms of a blocked story... The patient is cured the moment she narrates herself free."

The Crisis of Narration (2023)

"The reason that people take selfies is not narcissism. Rather, it is inner emptiness. There is no meaning to stabilize the ego. Faced with its inner emptiness, the ego constantly produces itself."

The Crisis of Narration (2023)

"Stories on digital platforms like Facebook or Instagram are not genuine stories. They have no narrative duration. Rather, they are just sequences of momentary impressions that do not tell us anything."

The Crisis of Narration (2023)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Byung-Chul Han (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.