ISBN: 9781509516056 - the scent of time: a philosophical essay on the art of lingering (11 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 136 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 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. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. . . 2017. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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.Also available as an audiobook.…

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Zustand: New. 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.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Scent of Time | A Philosophical Essay on the Art of Lingering | Byung-Chul Han | Taschenbuch | 120 S. | Englisch | 2017 | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | EAN 9781509516056 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, 69469 Weinheim, product-safety[at]wiley[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. …