Living Off Landscape - Or the Unthought-Of in Reason

Informationen zum Autor Francois Jullien is Professor and Chair of the Department of Oriental Studies at Universite de Paris-Diderot and Chair of Alterity at the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme. He is also President of the College International de Philosophie in Paris. His previous books on aesthetics have all been translated into English, including The Strange Idea of Beauty (2015), The Great Image has No Form, or On the Nonobject Through Painting (2009) and The Impossible Nude (2007). Klappentext In giving landscape the name 'mountain(s)-water(s)', the Chinese language provides a powerful alternative to Western biases. 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. Zusammenfassung In giving landscape the name 'mountain(s)-water(s)'! the Chinese language provides a powerful alternative to Western biases. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue / 1. Land - Landscape: Expanse, View, Cut-Off / 2. "Mountain(s)-Water(s)" / 3. From a Landscape to Living / 4. When the Perceptual Turns Out to Be Affectual / 5. When "Spirit" Emanates from the Physical / 6. Tension-Setting / 7. Singularization, Variation, Remove / 8. Connivance / Epilogue / Index

Product details

• Authors: Francois Jullien, Jullien Francois
• Assisted by: Pedro Rodriguez (Translation), Rodriguez Pedro (Translation)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781786603371
• ISBN: 978-1-78660-337-1
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Global Aesthetic Research; Global Aesthetic Research
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Philosophy of Mind, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Philosophy: aesthetics, East Asian and Indian philosophy