The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present - Byung-Chul Han Alvin Lucier and of how our modern

and of how our modern world was forged in blood

political parties

and the re-engagement of the bioregions that might sustainably supply it

while juxtaposing classical and modern traditions

"In this remarkable tale of creativity and chaos

The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present - Byung-Chul Han Alvin Lucier and of how our modernUntrammelled neoliberalism and the inexorable force of production have produced a 21st century crisis of community: a narcissistic cult of authenticity and mass turning inward are among the pathologies engendered by it. We are individuals afloat in an atomised society, where the loss of the symbolic structures inherent in ritual behaviour has led to overdependence on the contingent to steer identity. Avoiding saccharine nostalgia for the rituals of