Byung-Chul Han

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The Scent of Time: A Philosophical Essay on the Art of LingeringPaperback, 9 October 2017

The Scent of Time: A Philosophical Essay on the Art of Lingering
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Print Length
120 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Polity Press
Date Published
9 Oct 2017
ISBN-10
1509516050
ISBN-13
9781509516056

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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. 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.

Product Details

Author:
Byung-Chul Han
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
GB
Date Published:
9 October 2017
Dimensions:
20.83 x 13.72 x 1.52 cm
ISBN-10:
1509516050
ISBN-13:
9781509516056
Language:
English
Pages:
120
Publisher:
Weight:
181.44 gm

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