{"product_id":"the-scent-of-time-a-philosophical-essay-on-the-art-of-lingering-hardback-9781509516049","title":"The Scent of Time; A Philosophical Essay on the Art of Lingering (Hardback) 9781509516049","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Scent of Time\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Philosophical Essay on the Art of Lingering\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eByung-Chul Han (Author), Daniel Steuer (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509516049, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 September 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e120 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 14.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Scent of Time\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Stanford University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“an essential philosopher for anyone wanting to diagnose what plagues the modern person”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gospel Coalition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his philosophical reflections on the art of lingering, acclaimed cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han argues that the value we attach today to the \u003ci\u003evita activa\u003c\/i\u003e is producing a crisis in our sense of time. Our attachment to the \u003ci\u003evita activa\u003c\/i\u003e creates an imperative to work which degrades the human being into a labouring animal, an \u003ci\u003eanimal laborans\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a range of thinkers including Heidegger, Nietzsche and Arendt, Han argues that we can overcome this temporal crisis only by revitalizing the \u003ci\u003evita contemplativa\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlso available as an audiobook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Non-Time\u003cbr\u003e 2. Time without a Scent\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Speed of History\u003cbr\u003e 4. From the Age of Marching to the Age of Whizzing\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Paradox of the Present\u003cbr\u003e 6. Fragrant Crystal of Time\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Time of the Angel\u003cbr\u003e 8. Fragrant Clock: An Short Excursus on Ancient China\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Round Dance of the World\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Scent of Oak Wood\u003cbr\u003e 11. Profound Boredom\u003cbr\u003e 12. Vita Contemplativa\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472123556120,"sku":"9781509516049","price":34.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509516049.jpg?v=1785718087","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-scent-of-time-a-philosophical-essay-on-the-art-of-lingering-hardback-9781509516049","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}