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Mindfulness: A movement?

“Thirty years ago, ‘mindfulness’ was a Buddhist principle mostly obscure to the West,” Jeff Wilson writes in Mindful America. Today, … More

Buddhism, Jeff Wilson, Mindful America, mindfulness

Move to Mars

In The Practice of the Wild, the poet Gary Snyder writes, ”The world is our conscious, and it surrounds us. … More

Deleuze, Guattari, love, mindfulness, Saving the planet, Snyder

Kierkegaard’s Quest: How Not to Stop Seducing

I just published the paper “Kierkegaard’s Quest: How Not to Stop Seducing” in Philosophy of Management. Abstract Change has traditionally … More

Deleuze, Kierkegaard, Philosophy of Management, Rogers, seduction, The Seducer's Diary

Preface to …

From my book, The Happiness of Burnout: PREFACE A proper philosophical question is: Which life is worth living? The question … More

Buddha, living a happier life, Terry Tempest Williams, The Happiness of Burnout

The Spirit of Meditation

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in Buddhism and mindfulness meditation as well as some new-age philosophies … More

Buddhism, ecological thinking, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Kabat-Zinn, meditation, mindfulness, Sarah Shaw, The Spirit of Buddhist Meditation

Which dish of noodles is your life worth?

Depression is a narcissistic sickness – Byung-Chul Han, Agonie des Eros “We no longer live in a disciplinary society controlled … More

Agony of the Eros, byung chul han review, Byung-Chul Han, Deleuze, Fatigue Society, Handke, Isabella Greeser, Kierkegaard, Müdigkeitsgesellschaft–Byung-Chul Han in Seoul/Berlin, Psychopolitics, The Agony of Eros, The Burnout Society, The Transparency Society

Inside

I just released the essay Inside with illustrations by Jeppe Hein. The essay is a contribution to Hein’s exhibition, All … More

All We Need Is Inside, Buddhism, Finn Janning, identity, Jeppe Hein

The Happiness of Burnout

I just released a new book. It’s called The Happiness of Burnout. A proper philosophical question is: Which life is … More

Finn Janning, Jeppe Hein, The Happiness of Burnout

Posthumanism

Once upon a time the human was at the center of the universe. Now, the unified and autonomous human subject … More

empathy, Posthumanism, Pramod K. Nayer

True Detective

I have published the essay, True Detective: Pessimism, Buddhism or Philosophy? The aim of this essay is to raise two … More

anti-natalist, Buddhism, compassion, David Benatar, Deleuze, love, mindfulness, Pessimism, Thomas Ligotti, True Detective

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BIO

Finn Janning, PhD, is a writer and philosopher.

His works has been featured in Epiphany, Under the Gum Tree, Philosophy Now, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, among other publications. His most recent books are Opmærksomhedens filosofi, Stakkels Jim and A Philosophy of Mindfulness.

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