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May 2023
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May 2023
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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 Dōgen.
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.
Author
Han
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Polity Press
Published
May 2023
Weight
176g
Dimensions
138 x 216 x 11 mm
ISBN
9781509546206
ISBN-10
1509546200
Eden Code
5697328
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Author/Creator: Han
ISBN: 9781509546206
Publisher: Polity Press
Release Date: May 2023
Weight: 176g
Dimensions: 138 x 216 x 11 mm
Eden Code: 5697328