The violence of the Same is invisible because of its positivity. The proliferation of the Same presents itself as growth. At a certain point, however, production is no longer productive but destructive, information is no longer informative but deformative, and communication is no longer communicative but merely cumulative.
A system that rejects the negativity of the Other develops self-destructive traits.
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other
ReplyDeleteThe violence of the Same is invisible because of its positivity. The proliferation of the Same presents itself as growth. At a certain point, however, production is no longer productive but destructive, information is no longer informative but deformative, and communication is no longer communicative but merely cumulative.
A system that rejects the negativity of the Other develops self-destructive traits.