The Scent of Time
A Philosophical Essay on the Art of Lingering
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- Paperback
120 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2017
Summary
In his philosophical reflections on the art of lingering, acclaimed cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han argues that the value we attach today to the vita activa is producing a crisis in our sense of time. Our attachment to the vita activa creates an imperative to work which degrades the human being into a labouring animal, an animal laborans. At the same time, the hyperactivity which characterizes our daily routines robs human beings of the capacity to linger and the f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509516056 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509516050 |
| Author: | Byung-Chul Han, Daniel Steuer |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 120 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2017 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 140mm x 10mm |
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“The Scent of Time describes what may be the condition of Byung-Chul Han’s unique international success among philosophers writing today. Starting out with the concept of ‘dyschronicity,’ he analyzes a new, centrifugal form of time as a premise of existence which no longer allows for marked contours, beginnings, or endings – but to those lively duration we can react with fresh modes of contemplative life.”Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Stanford University“an essential philosopher for anyone wanting to diagnose what plagues the modern person”The Gospel Coalition
About The Author
Byung-Chul Han
Byung-Chul Han is a Korean-born Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies who teaches at the University of the Arts (UdK) in Berlin. He is the author of more than 20 books including The Transparency Society and The Burnout Society.
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