François Jullien – författare & böcker

Great Image Has No Form, or On the Nonobject through Painting

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

1 561 kr

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In premodern China, elite painters used imagery not to mirror the world around them, but to evoke unfathomable experience. Considering their art alongside the philosophical traditions that inform it, "The Great Image Has No Form" explores the 'nonobject' - a notion exemplified by paintings that do not seek to represent observable surroundings. Francois Jullien argues that this nonobjectifying approach stems from the painters' deeply held belief in a continuum of existence, in which art is not distinct from reality. Contrasting this perspective with the Western notion of art as separate from the world it represents, Jullien investigates the theoretical conditions that allow us to apprehend, isolate, and abstract objects. His comparative method lays bare the assumptions of Chinese and European thought, revitalizing the questions of what painting is, where it comes from, and what it does. Provocative and intellectually vigorous, this sweeping inquiry introduces new ways of thinking about the relationship of art to the ideas in which it is rooted.

Great Image Has No Form, or On the Nonobject through Painting

AvFrançois Jullien

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

371 kr

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In premodern China, elite painters used imagery not to mirror the world around them, but to evoke unfathomable experience. Considering their art alongside the philosophical traditions that inform it, "The Great Image Has No Form" explores the "nonobject" - a notion exemplified by paintings that do not seek to represent observable surroundings. Francois Jullien argues that this nonobjectifying approach stems from the painters' deeply held belief in a continuum of existence, in which art is not distinct from reality. Contrasting this perspective with the Western notion of art as separate from the world it represents, Jullien investigates the theoretical conditions that allow us to apprehend, isolate, and abstract objects. His comparative method lays bare the assumptions of Chinese and European thought, revitalizing the questions of what painting is, where it comes from, and what it does. Provocative and intellectually vigorous, this sweeping inquiry introduces new ways of thinking about the relationship of art to the ideas in which it is rooted.

On the Universal

The Uniform, the Common and Dialogue between Cultures

AvFrançois Jullien

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

756 kr

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François Jullien, the leading philosopher and specialist in Chinese thought, has always aimed at building on inter-cultural relations between China and the West. In this new book he focuses on the following questions: Do universal values exist? Is dialogue between cultures possible? To answer these questions, he retraces the history of the concept of the universal from its invention as an aspect of Roman citizenship, through its neutralization in the Christian idea of salvation, to its present day manifestations. This raises the question of whether the search for the universal is a uniquely Western preoccupation: do other cultures, like China, even have a notion of the universal, and if so, how does it differ from ours? Having considered the meaning of the concept in the East and West, Jullien argues that, if communication between cultures is to be meaningful, facile assumptions of universal values and complacent relativism need to be examined. It follows, therefore, that dialogue between cultures should not begin with issues of identity and difference, but rather by considering divergence and profusion. By no longer simply assuming universality, we allow for greater self-reflection. This wide-ranging and engaging study will be of particular interest to students and scholars of philosophy and of Chinese culture and society. It will also appeal to a wider readership interested in contemporary thought and the challenges of communication between East and West.

On the Universal

The Uniform, the Common and Dialogue between Cultures

AvFrançois Jullien

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

252 kr

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François Jullien, the leading philosopher and specialist in Chinese thought, has always aimed at building on inter-cultural relations between China and the West. In this new book he focuses on the following questions: Do universal values exist? Is dialogue between cultures possible? To answer these questions, he retraces the history of the concept of the universal from its invention as an aspect of Roman citizenship, through its neutralization in the Christian idea of salvation, to its present day manifestations. This raises the question of whether the search for the universal is a uniquely Western preoccupation: do other cultures, like China, even have a notion of the universal, and if so, how does it differ from ours? Having considered the meaning of the concept in the East and West, Jullien argues that, if communication between cultures is to be meaningful, facile assumptions of universal values and complacent relativism need to be examined. It follows, therefore, that dialogue between cultures should not begin with issues of identity and difference, but rather by considering divergence and profusion. By no longer simply assuming universality, we allow for greater self-reflection. This wide-ranging and engaging study will be of particular interest to students and scholars of philosophy and of Chinese culture and society. It will also appeal to a wider readership interested in contemporary thought and the challenges of communication between East and West.

Treatise on Efficacy

Between Western and Chinese Thinking

AvFrançois Jullien

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

836 kr

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In this highly insightful analysis of Western and Chinese concepts of efficacy, François Jullien subtly delves into the metaphysical preconceptions of the two civilizations to account for diverging patterns of action in warfare, politics, and diplomacy. He shows how Western and Chinese strategies work in several domains (the battlefield, for example) and analyzes two resulting acts of war. The Chinese strategist manipulates his own troops and the enemy to win a battle without waging war and to bring about victory effortlessly. Efficacity in China is thus conceived of in terms of transformation (as opposed to action) and manipulation, making it closer to what is understood as efficacy in the West. Jullien’s brilliant interpretations of an array of recondite texts are key to understanding our own conceptions of action, time, and reality in this foray into the world of Chinese thought. In its clear and penetrating characterization of two contrasting views of reality from a heretofore unexplored perspective, A Treatise on Efficacy will be of central importance in the intellectual debate between East and West.

Treatise on Efficacy

Between Western and Chinese Thinking

AvFrancois Jullien

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

325 kr

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In this highly insightful analysis of Western and Chinese concepts of efficacy, Francois Jullien subtly delves into the metaphysical preconceptions of the two civilizations to account for diverging patterns of action in warfare, politics, and diplomacy. He shows how Western and Chinese stategies work in several domains (the battle-field, for example) and analyzes two resulting acts of war. The Chinese strategist manipulates his own troops and the enemy to win a battle without waging war and to bring about victory effortlessly. Efficacity in China is thus conceived of in terms of transformation (as opposed to action) and manipulation, making it closer to what is understood as efficacy in the West. Jullien's brilliant interpretations of an array of recondite texts are key to understanding our own conceptions of action, time, and reality in this foray into the world of Chinese thought. In its clear and penetrating characterization of two contrasting views of reality from a heretofore unexplored perspective, Treatise on Efficacy will be of central importance in the intellectual debate between East and West.

Propensity of Things

Toward a History of Efficacy in China

AvFrançois Jullien

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

271 kr

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Reopening Possibilities

A Guide to Décoïncidence

AvFrançois Jullien

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

209 kr

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How can collective action, based on clear-set ideals and goals, respond to our contemporary reality in which uncertainty and precarity reign? In this bold new interpretation of the politics of the collective, François Jullien plots a way through the challenges brought about by AI, digital communication and individualisation. He reimagines the political event – not as a causal link or premeditated action, but as a moment that opens fissures and cracks within the current situation, leading, in turn, to a new set of possibilities.The history of Western thought has been largely characterised by an insistence on models and ends; eidos and telos, which have caused us to fixate on the future as a knowable, finite entity. But in our global, interconnected world, where the future remains uncertain, models idealism and empiricism have become obsolete. Julien proposes a third, alternative path: decoincidence. This turns away from the tired normativity of coinciding ideas, from imposed structures or teleology, and asks what happens when we look again at reality on its own terms. Can we rediscover the immanent possibility hidden within the present? The notion of decoincidence is not, then, intended to be explanatory nor offer a model for the future, but rather a reconceptualization of the event itself.As the world seems bound to repeat itself, Reopening Possibilities diverts us from mere agreement and disagreement, and instead offers a way out of stagnation, into something wholly new and unexpected.

Reopening Possibilities

A Guide to Décoïncidence

AvFrançois Jullien

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

580 kr

Kommande

How can collective action, based on clear-set ideals and goals, respond to our contemporary reality in which uncertainty and precarity reign? In this bold new interpretation of the politics of the collective, François Jullien plots a way through the challenges brought about by AI, digital communication and individualisation. He reimagines the political event – not as a causal link or premeditated action, but as a moment that opens fissures and cracks within the current situation, leading, in turn, to a new set of possibilities.The history of Western thought has been largely characterised by an insistence on models and ends; eidos and telos, which have caused us to fixate on the future as a knowable, finite entity. But in our global, interconnected world, where the future remains uncertain, models idealism and empiricism have become obsolete. Julien proposes a third, alternative path: decoincidence. This turns away from the tired normativity of coinciding ideas, from imposed structures or teleology, and asks what happens when we look again at reality on its own terms. Can we rediscover the immanent possibility hidden within the present? The notion of decoincidence is not, then, intended to be explanatory nor offer a model for the future, but rather a reconceptualization of the event itself.As the world seems bound to repeat itself, Reopening Possibilities diverts us from mere agreement and disagreement, and instead offers a way out of stagnation, into something wholly new and unexpected.

Resources of Christianity

AvFrançois Jullien

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

467 kr

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Christianity is bound up with the very idea of the West: we cannot evade it even if we would like to. While many people no longer believe in Christianity, we cannot deny that it has left a deep imprint on Western thought. But how might we develop a philosophy of Christianity that is not a Christian philosophy? How can we take a view that is external to the traditions of apologetics and criticism? For there is a question that concerns us all here: are the coherences of Christianity still useful for thought, and especially for thought about existence? To address this question, François Jullien considers Christianity as constituting a set of resources. Resources are available to all and can be used by those who discover and exploit them; they belong to no one. Christianity offers us resources inasmuch as we can draw some benefit from it, inasmuch as it can be the source of an effect, without our having to believe it or determine its truth in advance. Jullien reads the Gospels, and especially the Gospel of John, as he would read any other text, seeking to account for the text's coherence (rather than its ‘meaning’), seeking to account for its pertinence (rather than its ‘truth’), but without any need to adhere – the exploitation of resources demands no conversion. And in reading the Gospel of John in this way, we discover the fertile veins of a theory of existence.This fresh and erudite reflection on Christianity will be of great value to anyone interested in religion and its relevance today.

Resources of Christianity

AvFrançois Jullien

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

141 kr

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Christianity is bound up with the very idea of the West: we cannot evade it even if we would like to. While many people no longer believe in Christianity, we cannot deny that it has left a deep imprint on Western thought. But how might we develop a philosophy of Christianity that is not a Christian philosophy? How can we take a view that is external to the traditions of apologetics and criticism? For there is a question that concerns us all here: are the coherences of Christianity still useful for thought, and especially for thought about existence? To address this question, François Jullien considers Christianity as constituting a set of resources. Resources are available to all and can be used by those who discover and exploit them; they belong to no one. Christianity offers us resources inasmuch as we can draw some benefit from it, inasmuch as it can be the source of an effect, without our having to believe it or determine its truth in advance. Jullien reads the Gospels, and especially the Gospel of John, as he would read any other text, seeking to account for the text's coherence (rather than its ‘meaning’), seeking to account for its pertinence (rather than its ‘truth’), but without any need to adhere – the exploitation of resources demands no conversion. And in reading the Gospel of John in this way, we discover the fertile veins of a theory of existence.This fresh and erudite reflection on Christianity will be of great value to anyone interested in religion and its relevance today.

There Is No Such Thing as Cultural Identity

AvFrançois Jullien

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

467 kr

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As people throughout the world react to globalization and revert to nationalism, they are proclaiming distinct cultural identities for themselves. Cultural identity seems to offer a defensive wall against the homogenizing effects of globalization and a framework for nurturing and protecting cultural differences.In this short and provocative book, François Jullien argues that this emphasis on cultural identity is a mistake. Cultures exist in relation to one another and they are constantly mutating and transforming themselves. There is no cultural identity, there are only what Jullien calls ‘resources’. Resources are created in a certain space, they are available to all and belong to no one. They are not exclusive, like the values to which we proclaim loyalty; instead, we deploy them or not, activate them or let them fall by the wayside, and each of us as individuals is responsible for these choices. This conceptual shift requires us to redefine three key terms – the universal, the uniform and the common. Equipped with these concepts, we can rethink the dialogue between cultures in a way that avoids what Jullien sees as the false debate about identity and difference.This powerful critique of the modern shibboleth of cultural identity will appeal to anyone interested in the great social and political questions of our time.

There Is No Such Thing as Cultural Identity

AvFrançois Jullien

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

91 kr

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As people throughout the world react to globalization and revert to nationalism, they are proclaiming distinct cultural identities for themselves. Cultural identity seems to offer a defensive wall against the homogenizing effects of globalization and a framework for nurturing and protecting cultural differences.In this short and provocative book, François Jullien argues that this emphasis on cultural identity is a mistake. Cultures exist in relation to one another and they are constantly mutating and transforming themselves. There is no cultural identity, there are only what Jullien calls ‘resources’. Resources are created in a certain space, they are available to all and belong to no one. They are not exclusive, like the values to which we proclaim loyalty; instead, we deploy them or not, activate them or let them fall by the wayside, and each of us as individuals is responsible for these choices. This conceptual shift requires us to redefine three key terms – the universal, the uniform and the common. Equipped with these concepts, we can rethink the dialogue between cultures in a way that avoids what Jullien sees as the false debate about identity and difference.This powerful critique of the modern shibboleth of cultural identity will appeal to anyone interested in the great social and political questions of our time.

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From Being to Living : a Euro-Chinese lexicon of thought

AvFrançois Jullien,Michael Richardsonm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

1 129 kr

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This new English translation of François Jullien’s work is a compelling summation of his thinking on the comparison between Western and Chinese thought. The title, From Being to Living, summarises his essential point: that western thinking is obsessed by – and determined as well as limited by – the notion of Being, whereas traditional Chinese thought was always situated in Living.

Organized as a lexicon around some 20 concepts that juxtapose Chinese and Western thought, Jullien explores the ways the two have historically evolved, and how many aspects of Chinese thought developed in complete isolation from the West, revealing a different way of relating to the world.

Translated by Michael Richardson and Krzysztof Fijalkowski, this text explores Chinese thinking and language in order to excavate elements from them that reveal the fault lines of western thinking. This is an important book for students, scholars and practitioners alike across the Social Sciences.

Del 1 - Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society

From Being to Living : a Euro-Chinese lexicon of thought

AvFrançois Jullien,Michael Richardsonm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

2 012 kr

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This new English translation of François Jullien’s work is a compelling summation of his thinking on the comparison between Western and Chinese thought. The title, From Being to Living, summarises his essential point: that western thinking is obsessed by – and determined as well as limited by – the notion of Being, whereas traditional Chinese thought was always situated in Living.

Organized as a lexicon around some 20 concepts that juxtapose Chinese and Western thought, Jullien explores the ways the two have historically evolved, and how many aspects of Chinese thought developed in complete isolation from the West, revealing a different way of relating to the world.

Translated by Michael Richardson and Krzysztof Fijalkowski, this text explores Chinese thinking and language in order to excavate elements from them that reveal the fault lines of western thinking. This is an important book for students, scholars and practitioners alike across the Social Sciences.

From Being to Living : a Euro-Chinese lexicon of thought

AvKrzysztof Fijalkowski,Michael Richardsonm. fl.

E-bok

Engelska, 2019

491 kr

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This new English translation of François Jullien’s work is a compelling summation of his thinking on the comparison between Western and Chinese thought. The title, From Being to Living, summarises his essential point: that western thinking is obsessed by – and determined as well as limited by – the notion of Being, whereas traditional Chinese thought was always situated in Living.

Organized as a lexicon around some 20 concepts that juxtapose Chinese and Western thought, Jullien explores the ways the two have historically evolved, and how many aspects of Chinese thought developed in complete isolation from the West, revealing a different way of relating to the world.

Translated by Michael Richardson and Krzysztof Fijalkowski, this text explores Chinese thinking and language in order to excavate elements from them that reveal the fault lines of western thinking. This is an important book for students, scholars and practitioners alike across the Social Sciences.

Living Off Landscape

or the Unthought-of in Reason

AvFrancois Jullien

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

1 250 kr

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Is it only through vision that we can perceive a landscape? Is the space opened by the landscape truly an expanse cut off by the horizon? Do we observe a landscape in the way that we watch a 'show'? What, ultimately, does it mean to 'look'?In this important new book, one of France's most influential living theorists argues that the first civilization to truly consider landscape was China. In giving landscape the name 'mountain(s)-water(s)', the Chinese language provides a powerful alternative to Western biases. The Chinese conception speaks of a correlation between high and low, between the still and the motile, between what has form and what is formless, between what we see and what we hear. No longer a matter of 'vision', landscape becomes a matter of living. Francois Jullien invites the reader to explore reason's unthought choices, and to take a fresh look at our more basic involvement in the world.

Living Off Landscape

or the Unthought-of in Reason

AvFrancois Jullien

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

449 kr

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Is it only through vision that we can perceive a landscape? Is the space opened by the landscape truly an expanse cut off by the horizon? Do we observe a landscape in the way that we watch a 'show'? What, ultimately, does it mean to 'look'?In this important new book, one of France's most influential living theorists argues that the first civilization to truly consider landscape was China. In giving landscape the name 'mountain(s)-water(s)', the Chinese language provides a powerful alternative to Western biases. The Chinese conception speaks of a correlation between high and low, between the still and the motile, between what has form and what is formless, between what we see and what we hear. No longer a matter of 'vision', landscape becomes a matter of living. Francois Jullien invites the reader to explore reason's unthought choices, and to take a fresh look at our more basic involvement in the world.

Living Off Landscape

Or the Unthought-of in Reason

AvFrancois Jullien

AvFrancois Jullien

E-bok

PDF, Franska, 2011

309 kr

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« Toutes les idées simples possèdent le genre de séduction de l’œuf de Colomb, mais celle que développe Sloterdijk en présente en outre la forme : il écrit une épopée de la boule, dont il identifie l’ontologie à la métaphysique du vieux Monde. » P. Jousset« Claude Romano rappelle la formule de Husserl pour qui la phénoménologie s’efforce d’atteindre au cœur de la raison en dépassant “une piètre rationalité à l’étroitesse de cœur (eine enghertzige und schlechte Rationalität)” pour une autre, plus généreuse. Et la phénoménologie de Claude Romano est généreuse. Elle a du cœur. » M. Rueff« Car ou bien ce que nous racontions sur la guerre de classe, l’alliance entre intellectuels et classe ouvrière, était une blague, un vain fantasme, un leurre, et nous étions des rigolos ; ou bien c’était la vérité, et il fallait en tirer les conséquences autrement qu’en conservant notre position sociale et en nous tenant dans la même confortable imposture que les autres. Il y eut là, en somme, un moment de vérité : nous étions peut-être stupides, mais au moins nous n’étions pas des escrocs. » B. Sichère