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The Scent of Time
Language: en
Pages: 120
Authors: Byung-Chul Han
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-25 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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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
Saving Beauty
Language: en
Pages: 120
Authors: Byung-Chul Han
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-27 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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Beauty today is a paradox. The cult of beauty is ubiquitous but it has lost its transcendence and become little more than an aspect of consumerism, the aestheti
Capitalism and the Death Drive
Language: en
Pages: 135
Authors: Byung-Chul Han
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-05-18 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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What we call growth today is in fact a tumorous growth, a cancerous proliferation which is disrupting the social organism. These tumours endlessly metastasize a
The Expulsion of the Other
Language: en
Pages: 100
Authors: Byung-Chul Han
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-01-08 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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The days of the Other are over in this age of excessive communication, information and consumption. What used to be the Other, be it as friend, as Eros or as he
Non-things
Language: en
Pages: 110
Authors: Byung-Chul Han
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-05-10 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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We no longer inhabit earth and dwell under the sky: these are being replaced by Google Earth and the Cloud. The terrestrial order is giving way to a digital ord