François Jullien's Unexceptional Thought: A Critical Introduction (Global Aesthetic Research)

Although the French Hellenist and sinologist François Jullien has published more than thirty books, half of which have been translated into English, he remains much less known in the English-language world than many of his fellow “French philosophers”. This may be due to his work being perceived as within the limits of sinology. This book attempts to rectify this, highlighting Jullien’s work at the intersection of Chinese and Western thought and drawing out the “unthought” in both traditions of thinking. This "unthought" can be seen as what conditions our thought, and opens it up onto new ways of thinking and understanding. The notion of "unthought" is at the core of Jullien’s methodology, operating in what he calls the "divergence of the in-between". Written in an engaging style, Arne De Boever offers an accessible introduction to François Jullien’s work that emphatically challenges some of the core assumptions of Western reasoning. Cover François Jullien’sUnexceptional Thought François Jullien’sUnexceptional ThoughtA Critical Introduction Copyright page Acknowledgments A Note on Translations Introduction: “Not the Exceptional,but the Unheard Of” Chapter 1 Chinese Utopias in Contemporary French Thought Radical Chic, Radical Orientalism China as Heterotopia; or, Why Jullien Is Not an Orientalist Risk of Orientalism: LE PONT des Singes Notes References Chapter 2 In Between Landscape and the Nude Aesthetic Divergence Landscape versus Metaphysics and Ontology The Nude; or, Toward the Unexceptional Far East Unexceptionalism, Politics, and Economics Notes References Chapter 3 In Management as in War Philosophy and Business in China A Trilogy on Efficacy; or, “Managers ‘à la Sun Zi’” Uses in Military Theory and Management Theory Politics: The Spirit or the Shoe Notes References Chapter 4 François Jullien in Dialogue An Alternative Western Genealogy for Jullien’s Thought Jullien and Postcolonial Theory Indigeneity and Black Studies At the Limits of Philosophy Notes References Conclusion: For FutureFrançois Julliens Index About the Author Arne De Boever Offers An Accessible Introduction To François Jullien's Work, Highlighting Jullien's Work At The Intersection Of Chinese And Western Thought And Drawing Out The 'unthought-of' In Both Traditions Of Thinking. In The Process He Emphatically Challenges Some Of The Core Assumptions Of Western Reasoning. Arne de Boever offers an accessible introduction to Francois Jullien's work, highlighting Jullien's work at the intersection of Chinese and Western thought and drawing out the 'unthought-of' in both traditions of thinking. In the process he emphatically challenges some of the core assumptions of Western reasoning.