Byung-Chul Han, born 1959 in Seoul, South Korea, studied Philosophy, German Literature and Catholic Theology in Munich and Freiburg. From 2000 to 2012 he held university posts in Basel and Karlsruhe before becoming Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies from 2012 to 2017 at the University of the Arts in Berlin, where he still lives. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages.
(Updated: 2020)
