In Byung-Chul Han’s “Hypertext and Hyperculture,” he ends with the idea that “Re-theologization, re-mythologization, and re-nationalization are common reactions to the hyperculturalization of the world” (10). There is a suggestion that the hyperculturalization of the world will lead to a type of fundamentalism. Considering this was originally published in German in 2005, I feel it is safe to say this prediction has proved true in multiple ways. While I personally would not suggest that the blurring of cultural borders has resulted in the fundamentalism and nationalism we see today, it’s hard to ignore how one has “come after” the other. When we explode borders and “sacredness” to the point where nothing is sacred, people often invent their own sacred myths or revert back to older ones.
