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In this strikingly original contribution to our understanding of Chinese philosophy, Fran ois Jullien uses the Chinese concept of shi -- disposition or circumstance, power or potential -- as a touchstone to explore Chinese culture and to uncover the intricate and coherent structure underlying Chinese modes of thinking. This term -- whose very ambivalence and disconcerting polysemy, on the one hand, and simple efficacy, on the other, defy the order of a concept -- insinuates itself into the ordering and conditioning of reality in all its manifold and complex representations. Jullien traces its appearance from military strategy to politics, from the aesthetics of calligraphy and painting to the theory of literature, and from reflection on history to "first philosophy." At the point where these various domains intersect, a fundamental intuition, assumed to be self-evident for centuries on end, emerges: namely, that reality -- every kind of reality -- may be perceived as a particular deployment or arrangement of things to be relied upon and worked to one's advantage. Art or wisdom, as conceived by the Chinese, lies in strategically exploiting the propensity that emanates from this particular configuration of reality. Jullien's analysis of shi and his excursion through Chinese culture ultimately deepen our own comprehension of the world of things and renew the impulse to discover the endless pleasures of inquiry.

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Publisher
Zone Books
ISBN-10
0942299949
ISBN-13
9780942299946
eBay Product ID (ePID)
774362

Product Key Features

Book Title
Propensity of Things : Toward a History of Efficacy in China
Author
François Jullien
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
History & Surveys / General, Eastern, Asia / China
Publication Year
1995
Genre
History, Philosophy
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.6in
Item Weight
22.2 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ds736.5.J85 1995
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
The Propensity of Things is a thoughtful, at times brilliant essay that traces the history and significance of this term and its distinctive place in Chinese culture., François Jullien is one of our most powerful interpreters of Chinese culture, and this new study is again a tour de force ....This is truly a magnificent piece of work.
Copyright Date
1995
Lccn
94-030660
Dewey Decimal
951/.001
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes

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