School of architecture chinese university of hong kong arch5331 topical studies in history, theory and criticism. Strategies of meaning in china and greece by francois jullienfebruary 17, 2004 paperback francois jullien on. At first sight, it appears to be an essay in comparative philosophy, although jullien avoids this by. In vital nourishment, francois jullien contends that although this process has given rise to a rich history of inquiry, it proceeds too fast. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select an article to view, and follow the instructions in this box. Translated as play, free play, and wandering, it is usually defined as an ideal, playful zhuangzian way of being. Sustainable development of human resources inspired by chinese philosophies. He is the author of, among other works, the propensity of things. Everyone interested in language and meaning should welcome francois julliens. Francois jullien i count upon the fact that i can redo in order not to do.
Sustainable development of human resources inspired by. Sep 03, 2016 jullien reads a single chinese sentence, the beginning of the yijing, or book of changes, chinas oldest book. This explicit praise of deception distinguishes it from other militarist texts, which either reject deception or advocate it only as a practical and important strategic tool. How to learn about homeland security homeland security affairs.
This course is focussed on the study of major gardens in suzhou and draws on resources and perspectives derived from architectural history and theory, landscape theory, chinese studies. Three decades of protest in berlin landuse planning, 19752005, carol hager. Yet shi insinuates itself into the ordering and conditioning of reality in all its manifold and complex representations. In a particularly productive year, jullien published a second book in 1995. His courtesy name was changji, and he is also known as guicai and shigui he was prevented from taking the imperial examination due to a naming taboo. He is the author of many books, many of which have been translated into english. Strategies of meaning in china and greece, mit press, 2004. The zhuangzi and you defining an ideal without contradiction. The philosophical tradition in the west has always subjected life to conceptual divisions and questions about meaning. Political science faculty research and scholarship. The political economies of broadband development in korea and japan, kenji kushida and seungyoun oh. Already translated into six languages, francois julliens in praise of blandness has become a classic.
He reads the sentence from close up and far away, literally and set into play with other inaugurations from genesis and hesiod. Detour and access informed by sinologist julliens theory of detour and access, i now discuss mi fus stylistic development as an oblique approach to establishing new modes of representation while maintaining the legitimacy of historical precedents. Indirect speech, jullien concludes, yields a complex mode of indication, open to multiple perspectives and variations, infinitely adaptable to. There he argues that the unreferenced quotations used by jeanfrancois billeter are fabrications and that billeter attempts to construct an imaginary version of francois jullien s work to argue against. Francois julliens explorations in strategy article pdf available in comparative strategy 264. How to learn about homeland security homeland security. Thus begins francois jullien s investigation into the strategy, subtlety, and production of meaning in ancient and modern chinese aesthetic and political texts and events. This is paradoxical, since his avowed intellectual strategy is to take china as a detour to access greece.
Autre entretien avec francois jullien, recueilli par rogerpol droit. Francois jullien begins this work on the subtleties of allusion with the following questions. And even the most earnest revolution can imperceptibly become its own system o. School of architecture chinese university of hong kong. The appearance of the second time allows me to step across the. By christopher bellavita abstract the article describes how one can begin to learn about homeland security. He addresses the question of oblique, indirect, and allusive meaning in order to explore how the techniques of detour provide access to subtler meanings than are attainable through direct approaches. Jullien sees himself as following in the footsteps of heidegger, levinas and derrida, with one important difference. Indeed the art of war taught how to triumph by avoiding battle altogether jullien, detour and access 40. Strategies of meaning in china and greece, by francois jullien, translated by sophie hawkes. The project seeks to take a detour through china to access european philosophy detour et acces in an overt attempt at deconstructing the latter from without deconstruction du dehors.
Appearing for the first time in english, this groundbreaking work of philosophy, anthropology, aesthetics, and sinology is certain to stir readers to think and experience what may at first seem impossible. This principle of avoidance was later observed by mao whose advice to make noise in the east to attack in the west, jullien describes as a summary of the whole of chinese military strategy. Indeed his next big 400page book, detour and access. An essay in intercultural problems by francois jullien. Strategies of meaning in china and greece zone books paperback february 17, 2004 by francois jullien author, sophie hawkes translator 4. Detour and access strategy and meaning in china and greece, p.
How did napoleons detour from conventional thought and direct engagement provide him unexpected access. Strategies du sens en chine, en grece is the subtide. Tanner particularly focuses on what he terms sinohellenic comparative philosophy, while developing his perspective clearly from within contemporary classicists. Already translated into six languages, francois jullien s in praise of blandness has become a classic. Contact us if you experience any difficulty logging in. The appearance of the second time allows me to step across the first time, and no time ever happens.
Both the argument and the conclusion are typical of julliens work. Aug 03, 2015 how did napoleons detour from conventional thought and direct engagement provide him unexpected access. Jullien begins with a single chinese term, shi, whose very ambivalence and disconcerting polysemy, on the one hand, and simple efficacy, on the other, defy the order of a concept. University of hawaii press books are printed on acidfree paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the council on library resources.
Yin and yang rhetoric and the impossibility of constructive. Using chinese detour subtle and oblique instead of western direct access headon as a strategy of meaning, jullien advocates focusing on the potential of the situation instead of noisy events that punctuate social changes 21, 28. Francois jullien translated by janet lloyd francois jullien is the director of the institut marcel granet at universite parisviidenis diderot. The sunzi is famous for its praise of deception and indirect strategy in warfare. Proceeding from chinese thought and aesthetics all published by zone books. Toward a history of efficacy in china 1995 and detour and access. Download full its all chinese to me book in pdf, epub, mobi and all ebook format.
An introduction to the thought of the chinese literati. Jullien rereads the major texts of chinese thoughtthe book of songs, confuciuss analects, and the work of mencius and laotse. At first sight, it appears to be an essay in comparative philosophy, although jullien avoids this by now illfated expression,1 or a crosscultural study. See all 9 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Pdf on jun 1, 2008, thierry meynard and others published jullien, francois, a treatise on efficacy. This detour takes us to the point furthest removed from the greek logos, which we can now accessand find to be particularly abstract and stagnant by comparison. This article examines two views of the ethics and efficacy of deception. Thus begins francois julliens investigation into the strategy, subtlety, and production of meaning in ancient and. In detour and access, francois jullien investigates the subtlety, strategy, and production of meaning in ancient and modern chinese aesthetic texts and political. Jullien reads a single chinese sentence, the beginning of the yijing, or book of changes, chinas oldest book. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. In what way do we benefit from speaking of things indirectly.
In rare instances, a publisher has elected to have a zero moving wall, so their current issues are available. In this regard, billeter has certainly drawn too extreme a picture of julliens position. Starting with institutionally approved, rather than objectivelytested and validated, foundational knowledge may provide academic order, but the order is achieved at the cost of constraining prematurely what homeland security could become. Strategies of meaning in china and greece, by francois jullien. Here, detour is an effective strategy of meaning, and jullien is a. Toward a history of efficacy in china, and in praise of blandness. On the universal, the uniform, the common and dialogue. The subject matter of francois julliens book is not easy to pin down. Students of ancient greece, china, philosophy, linguistics, epistemology, and. Everyone interested in language and meaning should welcome francois julliens detour and access.
Strategies of meaning in china and greece, the propensity of things. Chinese philosophy is elucidated by julliens very free interpretation of it, via hellenized or europeanized terms. Students of ancient greece, china, philosophy, linguistics, epistemology. Thus begins francois jullien s investigation into the strategy, subtlety, and how does such a distancing allow us better to discover and describe people and objects. The detour and access program inspired by a passage in the. Francois jullien is the director of the institut marcel granet at universite parisviidenis diderot. There he argues that the unreferenced quotations used by jeanfrancois billeter are fabrications and that billeter attempts to construct an imaginary version of francois julliens work to argue against. Students of ancient greece, china, philosophy, linguistics. The commonality, however, proves that jullien indeed is not claiming absolute exteriority. Others considered him brave and worthy of admiration. He encounters a host of secondary questions along the circuitous path. Pour une lecture philosophique du yiking, le classique du changement images of immanence.
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