126 - La Sociedad Paliativa - Byung-Chul Han
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La sociedad ha avanzado para evitar el sufrimiento, el dolor, aumentar la felicidad. Pero esto nos ha llevado a un estado de anestesia permanente. La sociedad paliativa de Byung-Chul Han. Bienvenidos a este episodio de Bibliotequeando. Les habla su anfitrión, Ricardo Dugo. Como siempre, arroba Bibliotequeando en las redes. Pueden seguir apoyando el podcast a través de las distintas plataformas. Compartirlo con sus amigos, 5 estrellas, el canal de YouTube y por supuesto el club de Patreon, donde hay Not only the reading club, but exclusive content, exclusive episodes. Now I'm giving a little more of a window to what I do behind the scenes, behind the scenes of the podcast, to be able to have a much better, more beautiful connection with you.
So today I bring you this book that I loved. I've already read several books by Byung-Chun Han. It's a very provocative essay by a contemporary philosopher, something I like. of modern philosophy is that it attacks the themes that, well, you and I live. It is interesting to hear the arguments of Marco Aurelio, so to speak, the stoic philosophy, but he did not live the world that you and I live. It does not mean that what he says has no value, but there is a value too. in understanding the perception about modernity, technology, our own relationship, in this case, with pain and suffering, of someone who is living it, of someone from the mind, one of the great minds of modern philosophy. I have two philosophers that I read and listen to a lot, because they seem to me, as I said earlier, heterodox in thought, they seem to me
A little disconnected from the Matrix, so to speak, which are Bill Chung-Han and Slavoj Zizek. I don't agree with everything they both say, because I don't agree with everything anyone says, but I understand, I see a lot of value in the arguments they bring, because they come to me from a place... difficult to categorize. They have a very unique voice, both. And I think this, for me, is one of the best books by Byung-Chun Han, and that's why I bring them to you. A little context on who the author is. He is a philosopher from South Korea. He moved to Germany in the 80s, was born in 1959, and studies metaphysics, studies German literature, studies theology in Germany, and later on he begins to dedicate himself to philosophy.
What does Byung-Chul Han mean by a 'palliative society'?
And that's where he starts teaching as a philosopher and little by little he releases these books and little by little he becomes one of the great thinkers of the 21st century. And how does he get this book? Because he begins to realize that society is managing against pain, against suffering. If you have heard of palliative medicine, palliative medicine is the care with a medical attention focus intended to optimize the quality of life. Palliative medicine does not seek to cure the patient because it can no longer do so.
How has society's pursuit of happiness led to emotional numbness?
Los pacientes de un doctor paliativo son personas con enfermedades bastante graves, complejas, a menudo ya terminales. Entonces la medicina paliativa se encarga de darte calidad de vida por la mayor cantidad de tiempo posible. Y eso es lo que ha sucedido en la sociedad, argumenta el autor. El alivio del dolor se ha convertido en un imperativo cultural, un imperativo económico, en lo que él considera el capitalismo neoliberal del occidente, que nos ha llevado a una vida mucho más superficial y mucho menos auténtica. Esta obsesión de eliminar cualquier forma de incomodidad nos impide enfrentar las verdaderas causas de nuestro malestar. Y lo que es más importante, nos aleja de esta vida plena y significativa, que es el verdadero punto para mí de grandes filósofos.
Conseguir el propósito de la vida, conseguir la felicidad. He dicho esto anteriormente en el podcast que...
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–2:46
2
What does Byung-Chul Han mean by a 'palliative society'?
2:46–3:16
3
How has society's pursuit of happiness led to emotional numbness?
3:16–14:31
4
What role does pain play in the human experience according to Han?
14:31–20:03
5
How does algophobia affect our relationships and commitments?
20:03–22:57
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