Byung-Chul Han

Byung-Chul Han, born in Seoul in 1959, first studied metallurgy in Korea and then philosophy, German literature and Catholic theology in Freiburg and Munich. He received his doctorate in 1994 and completed his habilitation in 2000. He taught philosophy at the University of Basel and the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, and philosophy and cultural studies at the Berlin University of the Arts. His best-known books include *The Burnout Society*, *The Transparency Society*, *In the Swarm*, *Psychopolitics*, *The Salvation of the Beautiful* and *The Expulsion of the Other*. His works have been translated into numerous languages.