Although the French philosopher, Hellenist and sinologist François Jullien has published more than thirty books, half of which have been translated into English, he remains much less known in the English-language universe than many of his fellow "French philosophers", which may be due to his work being perceived as within the limits of sinology. This book attempts to rectify this, highlighting Jullien's work at the intersection of Chinese and Western thought and drawing out the "unthought-of" in both traditions of thinking. This 'unthought-of' can be seen as the culture that conditions our thought, lessening our capacity for new ways of thinking and understanding. This notion of 'unthought-of' is at the core of Jullien's methodology, operating in what he calls the 'divergence of the in-between'. Written in an engaging style, Arne de Boever offers an accessible introduction to François Jullien's work, in the process emphatically challenging some of the core assumptions of Western reasoning.
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Arne de Boever offers an accessible introduction to François Jullien’s work, highlighting Jullien’s work at the intersection of Chinese and Western thought and drawing out the ‘unthought-of’ in both traditions of thinking. In the process he emphatically challenges some of the core assumptions of Western reasoning.
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Introduction / 1: Chinese Utopias in Contemporary French Thought / 2: In Between the Landscape and the Nude / 3: In Management as in War / 4: François Jullien in Dialogue / 5: Conclusion: For Future François Julliens
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ISBN
9781786615756
Publisert
2020-05-28
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield International
Vekt
449 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
184

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Arne De Boever teaches American Studies in the School of Critical Studies at the California Institute of the Arts, where he also directs the MA Aesthetics and Politics program. He is the author of Plastic Sovereignties (2016), Finance Fictions (2018) and Against Aesthetic Exceptionalism (2019).