Why Originality is a Myth: Byung-Chul Han's Shanzhai

Byung-Chul Han is one of the most interesting and provactive philosophers alive today. This is a video lecture of sorts about Byung-Chul Han's short book Shanzhai and my interpretation of his concepts.
Also my bad if I messed up any of the Chinese or Japanese pronunciations. I tried to check how they were said where possible

[@kiwicfruit]

I thank you for this video. It's rare to see someone who touched on Han's lesser known works, especially Shanzhai. It's very different to his recent critique of neoliberalism. Perhaps Han's concept of de-creation shines light on the current issue about AI art, intellectual property and the copyright system. And perhaps, as you also explained in the video, Han unveils our fetishism with the original genius artist and showed how the novel is not sudden event, but always created through engagement with past works, collaboration and slow hard work. Keep up with the video and good luck to your channel man!

[@HakuYuki001]

Yeah, there are some delusional people who think that they are very special. That they are fundamentally unique and separate from time. Contributing something that is entirely disconnected from the past and comes solely from themselves. Usually from their soul which transcends space and time. Of course everyone is unique but simultaneously completely interconnected with everything else. So, there is no absolute uniqueness but relative uniqueness.

[@user-ei3gq7wn2p]

thanks so much..

[@hamzasaid3368]

The point at 18:23 reminds me of the passage in Don Dellio’s White Noise, in where two characters go visit the “most photographed barn in America.” One of the characters points out how no one visiting the barn is able to see the barn as it was before it got that title. Enjoyed the video 👍

[@hardstylelife5749]

Most interesting video, thanks for making it

[@SimplyApollo]

Nice. Do a video on Hegel and make him look this cool.

[@ubir9743]

Wonderful video! Please make more! This is such precious content… 🙏🏽

[@tight_o]

Thank you for providing such a thoughtful analysis and presenting it in a way that was engaging and relevant. Inspiring.

[@lostinthought939]

Thank you for your kind comment! That's exactly what I was trying to do.

[@sagetenshi]

Really great video. As a working artist in the west, so many of these ideas rocked me (in the best way). Really glad you shone a light on this work, looking forward to giving it a read!

[@lostinthought939]

Yes please give it a read yourself! We should all build our own interpretations :)

[@greyrabbit2157]

amazing videod

[@ubir9743]

May I ask what is the art work ar 3:20? Is beautiful

[@lostinthought939]

It's called Divine Redwood Trees by Chang Dai-chien :)