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Byung-Chul Han In Praise of the Earth (Hardback). The longer he worked in the garden, the more respect he developed for the earth and for its enchanting beauty. Author: Byung-Chul Han. Title: In Praise of the Earth. Format: Hardback. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB. Further DetailsTitle: In Praise of the Earth Condition: New Description: The earth is not a dead, mute landscape but an eloquent, living being. Sometimes it just takes a spade, a packet of seeds, and a pair of sturdy boots to realize it. The philosopher Byung-Chul Han spent three springs, summers, autumns, and winters in his secret garden in Berlin, devoting himself to daily gardening in all weathers. For Han, gardening is a form of silent meditation, a lingering in stillness. It gives you a different sense of time. Every plant has its own time that is specific to it, and the garden is a space in which these multiple temporalities overlap and cut across one another. The longer he worked in the garden, the more respect he developed for the earth and for its enchanting beauty. Gardening taught him what care for others means. Each organism has its own consciousness of time passing; each organism lives in its own micro-universe. Step by step, Han receded from himself and the world, moving closer and closer to an exuberant, divine nature which we are increasingly in danger of losing. Through this rich meditation on plants, soil, gardening, and time, Han unfolds a way of relating to and tending the earth that is in sharp contrast to the brutal, incessant exploitation of our planet that we see all around us today. Author: Byung-Chul Han EAN: 9781509567898 Contributor: Daniel Steuer (Translated by) ISBN: 9781509567898 Format: Hardback Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 214mm Item Length: 180mm Item Width: 15mm Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality Subtitle: A Journey into the Garden Publisher: Polity Press Release Date: 09/12/2025 Item Weight: 680g Translator: Daniel Steuer Topic: Home Garden & Pets Release Year: 2025 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
