The Propensity of Things: Toward a History of Efficacy in China

by François Jullien

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0942299949
• ISBN13: 9780942299946
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Zone Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher