5. The Crisis of Narration by Byung-Chul Han In The Crisis of Narration , Byung-Chul Han explores how contemporary culture’s embrace of instrumental rationality has disrupted the traditional role of storytelling in human life. Han argues that modern secularization has hollowed out the communal and metaphysical dimensions of storytelling, reducing it to a means of communication or self-promotion. In a world dominated by efficiency and productivity, narrative loses its power to create shared meaning and existential depth, becoming fragmented and transactional. Han laments the rise of what he calls "data-driven narration," which fails to address humanity’s deeper longing for transcendence and connection. His reflections challenge the modern elevation of storytelling as a universal solution, revealing its limitations within a secularized and disenchanted world. Reading Han as a theologian proves remarkably fruitful, even though Han himself is not a theologian. His nuanced—if at ...