The transparency society

by Han, Byung-Chul

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Title Statements

Full title :The transparency society / Byung-Chul Han ; translated by Erik Butler.

Summary

"Transparency is the order of the day. It is a term, a slogan, that dominates public discourse about corruption and freedom of information. Considered crucial to democracy, it touches our political and economic lives as well as our private lives. Anyone can obtain information about anything. Everything -and everyone- has become transparent: unveiled or exposed by the apparatuses that exert a kind of collective control over the post-capitalist world. For transparency has a dark side that, ironically, has everything to do with a lack of mystery, shadow, and nuance. Behind the apparent accessibility of knowledge lies the disappearance of privacy, homogenization, and the collapse of trust. The anxiety to accumulate ever more information does not necessarily produce more knowledge or faith. Technology creates the illusion of total containment and constant monitoring of information, but what we lack is adequate interpretation of the information. In this manifesto, Byung-Chul Han denounces transparency as a false ideal, the strongest and most pernicious of our contemporary mythologies."--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Stanford Briefs, an imprint of Stanford University Press
Place of Publication:Stanford, California
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

Notes

Translation of: Transparenzgesellschaft.

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 58 pages ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780804794602, 080479460X
oclc:ocn908990567
LC Classification:HM661
Dewey Decimal:303.3/3

The society of positivity -- The society of exhibition -- The society of evidence -- The society of pornography -- The society of acceleration -- The society of intimacy -- The society of information -- The society of unveiling -- The society of control.

Subjects

Contrôle social Freedom of information Gesellschaft Individu et société Informationsfreiheit Informationsfrihet Internet -- Aspect social Internet -- Social aspects Internet -- sociala aspekter Liberté d'information Révélation de soi -- Aspect social Self-disclosure -- Social aspects Social control Social kontroll Société numérique Soziale Kontrolle Transparence -- Aspect social Transparence (philosophie) Transparency -- Social aspects Transparens (politik) -- sociala aspekt…