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The Scent of Time – A Philosophical Essay on the Art of Lingering

Autor B Han
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2017

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 faculty of contemplation. It therefore becomes impossible to experience time as fulfilling. Drawing on a range of thinkers including Heidegger, Nietzsche and Arendt, Han argues that we can overcome this temporal crisis only by revitalizing the vita contemplativa and relearning the art of lingering. For what distinguishes humans from other animals is the capacity for reflection and contemplation, and when life regains this capacity, this art of lingering, it gains in time and space, in duration and vastness.

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ISBN-13: 9781509516056
ISBN-10: 1509516050
Pagini: 120
Dimensiuni: 143 x 209 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Polity Press
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Students and scholars interested in social theory, the philosophy of time, critical theory and the philosophy of history.

Notă biografică

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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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.


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