Scent of Time

Byung–Chul Han is a Korean-born Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies who teaches at the University of the Arts (UdK) in Berlin. He is the author of more than 20 books including The Transparency Society and The Burnout Society.

• Preface1. Non-Time2. Time without a Scent3. The Speed of History4. From the Age of Marching to the Age of Whizzing5. The Paradox of the Present6. Fragrant Crystal of Time7. The Time of the Angel8. Fragrant Clock: An Short Excursus on Ancient China9. The Round Dance of the World10. The Scent of Oak Wood11. Profound Boredom12. Vita ContemplativaNotes

"The Scent of Time describes what may be the condition of Byung-Chul Han's unique international success among philosophers writing today. Starting out with the concept of 'dyschronicity,' he analyzes a new, centrifugal form of time as a premise of existence which no longer allows for marked contours, beginnings, or endings – but to those lively duration we can react with fresh modes of contemplative life." Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Stanford University“an essential philosopher for anyone wanting to diagnose what plagues the modern person”The Gospel Coalition