Scent of Time Han Byung-Chul
Scent of Time Han Byung-Chul 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…
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Scent of Time Han Byung-Chul
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. At the same time, the hyperactivity which characterizes our daily routines robs human beings of the capacity to linger and the faculty of contemplation. Our attachment to the vita activa creates an imperative to work which degrades the human being into a labouring animal, an animal laborans.
For what distinguishes humans from other animals is the capacity for reflection and 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.
Scent of Time Han Byung-Chul
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