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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
128
Utgivningsdatum
2023-03-17
Förlag
Polity Press
Översättare
Daniel Steuer
Dimensioner
8 x 185 x 130 mm
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180 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781509546206

Absence

On the Culture and Philosophy of the Far East

av Byung-Chul Han
Häftad,  Engelska, 2023-03-17
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Western thinking has long been dominated by essence, by a preoccupation with that which dwells in itself and delimits itself from the other. By contrast, Far Eastern thought is centred not on essence but on absence. The fundamental topos of Far Eastern thinking is not being but the way (dao), which lacks the solidity and fixedness of essence. The difference between essence and absence is the difference between being and path, between dwelling and wandering. A Zen monk should be without fixed abode, like the clouds, and without fixed support, like water, said the Japanese Zen master Dgen. Drawing on this fundamental distinction between essence and absence, Byung-Chul Han explores the differences between Western and Far Eastern philosophy, aesthetics, architecture and art, shedding fresh light on a culture of absence that may at first sight appear strange and unfamiliar to those in the West whose ways of thinking have been shaped for centuries by the preoccupation with essence.
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After reading Heideggers and Derridas critiques of the metaphysics of presence that pervades the Western tradition, do you find yourself asking: But whats the alternative? If so, this breathtakingly bold and inspiringly insightful book is for you. You will find it more far-reaching as it deftly escorts you into the philosophical and aesthetic heart of the Far East. Bret W. Davis, author of Zen Pathways: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of Zen Buddhism

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Byung-Chul Han is a full-time writer and the author of more than twenty books including The Scent of Time, Saving Beauty and The Burnout Society.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations Preface Essencing and Absencing Living Nowhere Closed and Open Spaces of Absencing Light and Shadow The Aesthetics of Absencing Knowledge and Daftness On the Way to Paradise Land and Sea Strategies of Thinking Doing and Happening: Beyond Active and Passive Greeting and Bowing Friendliness Notes

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