Detour and Access: Strategies of Meaning in China and Greece by Fran?ois Jullien

Description: Detour and Access by François Jullien, Sophie Hawkes Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description An exploration of the central role of indirect modes of expression in ancient China. Publisher Description "In what way do we benefit from speaking of things indirectly? How does such a distancing allow us better to discover - and describe - people and objects? How does distancing produce an effect? What can we gain from approaching the world obliquely? In other words, how does detour grant access?" Thus begins Francois Julliens investigation into the strategy, subtlety, and production of meaning in ancient and modern Chinese aesthetic and political texts and events. Moving between the rhetorical traditions of ancient Greece and China, Jullien does not attempt a simple comparison of the two civilisations. Instead, he uses the perspective provided by each to gain access into a culture considered by many Westerners to be strange - "Its all Chinese to me" - and whose strangeness has been eclipsed through the assumption of its familiarity. He also uses the comparison to shed light on the role of Greek thinking in Western civilisation. Jullien rereads the major texts of Chinese thought - The Book of Songs, Confuciuss Analects and the work of Mencius and Lao-Tse.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. Indirect speech, Jullien concludes, yields a complex mode of indication, open to multiple perspectives and variations, infinitely adaptable to particular situations and contexts. Concentrating on that which is not said, or which is spoken only through other means, Jullien traces the benefits and costs of this rhetorical strategy in which absolute truth is absent. Author Biography François Jullien is Professor at the Université Paris VII-Denis Diderot and director at the Institut de la Pensée Contemporaine. He is the author of Detour and Access: Strategies of Meaning in China and Greece, The Propensity of Things: Toward a History of Efficacy in China, and In Praise of Blandness: Proceeding from Chinese Thought and Aesthetics all published by Zone Books. Details ISBN 1890951110 ISBN-13 9781890951115 Title Detour and Access Author François Jullien, Sophie Hawkes Format Paperback Year 2004 Pages 432 Publisher Zone Books GE_Item_ID:11940719; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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