{"product_id":"absence-on-the-culture-and-philosophy-of-the-far-east-9781509546206","title":"Absence: On the Culture and Philosophy of the Far East","description":"\u003cp\u003eWestern 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' (\u003ci\u003edao\u003c\/i\u003e), 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Byung-Chul Han\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509546206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eByung-Chul Han\u003c\/b\u003e is a full-time writer and the author of more than twenty books including \u003ci\u003eThe Scent of Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaving Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Burnout Society\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Byung-Chul Han \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48311230922909,"sku":"9781509546206","price":25.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_c1612c69-bd54-4836-b5cf-306c024b53e1.jpg?v=1779259667","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/absence-on-the-culture-and-philosophy-of-the-far-east-9781509546206","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}