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

"Han's message about the importance of recovering the art of inactivity makes a serious point: if we stay on the hamster wheel of activity, we risk self-destruction.Parliament Magazine"A synthesis and expansion of Han's earlier work on contemplation ... reads like a précis for a new stage in Han's writings, one with roots in his garden."The Lamp"... fascinating.... There is a palpable beauty, at once philosophical and aesthetic, to Han's vision."Joshua Cohen, Los Angeles Review of Books"Han's enquiries into the different regions of contemporary experience, including work, time, love and art, yield a remarkably consistent project of thought, a relentless critique of the spiritual and political privations of digital capitalism."Aeon"Vita Contemplativa provides a timely reflection on the barrelling pace of capital and technology, alongside an insistence on the importance of inactivity."Symposium

• 1. Views of Inactivity2. A Marginal Note on Zhuangzi3. From Acting to Being4. Absolute Lack of Being5. The Pathos of Action6. The Coming SocietyNotes

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

"Han's message about the importance of recovering the art of inactivity makes a serious point: if we stay on the hamster wheel of activity, we risk self-destruction.Parliament Magazine"A synthesis and expansion of Han's earlier work on contemplation ... reads like a précis for a new stage in Han's writings, one with roots in his garden."The Lamp"... fascinating.... There is a palpable beauty, at once philosophical and aesthetic, to Han's vision."Joshua Cohen, Los Angeles Review of Books"Han's enquiries into the different regions of contemporary experience, including work, time, love and art, yield a remarkably consistent project of thought, a relentless critique of the spiritual and political privations of digital capitalism."Aeon"Vita Contemplativa provides a timely reflection on the barrelling pace of capital and technology, alongside an insistence on the importance of inactivity."Symposium

• 1. Views of Inactivity2. A Marginal Note on Zhuangzi3. From Acting to Being4. Absolute Lack of Being5. The Pathos of Action6. The Coming SocietyNotes