{"product_id":"shanzhai-deconstruction-in-chinese-volume-8","title":"Shanzhai : Deconstruction in Chinese Volume 8","description":"\u003csection class=\"overview\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracing the thread of “decreation” in Chinese thought, from constantly changing classical masterpieces to fake cell phones that are better than the original.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShanzhai\u003c\/em\u003e is a Chinese neologism that means “fake,” originally coined to describe knock-off cell phones marketed under such names as Nokir and Samsing. These cell phones were not crude forgeries but multifunctional, stylish, and as good as or better than the originals. Shanzhai has since spread into other parts of Chinese life, with shanzhai books, shanzhai politicians, shanzhai stars. There is a shanzhai Harry Potter: \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHarry Potter and the Porcelain Doll\u003c\/em\u003e, in which Harry takes on his nemesis Yandomort. In the West, this would be seen as piracy, or even desecration, but in Chinese culture, originals are continually transformed—deconstructed. In this volume in the Untimely Meditations series, Byung-Chul Han traces the thread of deconstruction, or “decreation,” in Chinese thought, from ancient masterpieces that invite inscription and transcription to Maoism—“a kind a shanzhai Marxism,” Han writes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHan discusses the Chinese concepts of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003equan,\u003c\/em\u003e or law, which literally means the weight that slides back and forth on a scale, radically different from Western notions of absoluteness; \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ezhen ji\u003c\/em\u003e, or original, determined not by an act of creation but by unending process; \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003exian zhan\u003c\/em\u003e, or seals of leisure, affixed by collectors and part of the picture’s composition; \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efuzhi\u003c\/em\u003e, or copy, a replica of equal value to the original; and \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eshanzhai\u003c\/em\u003e. The Far East, Han writes, is not familiar with such “pre-deconstructive” factors as original or identity. Far Eastern thought begins with deconstruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Small Paperback \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Published: USA. 2017\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Publisher: Mit Pr\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 91\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Language: English\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ISBN 13: 9780262534369\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ISBN 10: 0262534363\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more-link-wrap opened\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Byung-Chul Han","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43867485929738,"sku":"","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/9780262534369.jpg?v=1669376445","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/shanzhai-deconstruction-in-chinese-volume-8","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}