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by TimorousBestie 389 days ago
To clarify, my metric of success is other philosophers engaging with his work, not market profits (those numbers aren’t public anyways). I’ve searched around for professional articles written about Han’s work (beyond asides or mere mentions) but they’re comparatively few and far between.
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Ah ok, I had misunderstood then, excuse me. That is not unreasonable at all as a metric of success.

When you say professional, you mean philosophical journals, or what? My first thought would be the language - people aren't writing much response to him in English and German too? What is the situation like regarding interplay between the worlds of English language and German language philosophy?

I can see why his books might be popular with a lay audience, in that they're short, and quite manageable in terms of the images and sentences.