The propensity of things : toward a history of efficacy in China /
Jullien, François,
The propensity of things : toward a history of efficacy in China / by François Jullien ; translated by Janet Lloyd. - New York : Zone Books, 1995. - 317 p., [13] p. of plates ; 23 cm.
Potential Is Born of Disposition in Military Strategy -- Position as the Determining Factor in Politics -- Conclusion I: A Logic of Manipulation -- The Force of Form, the Effect of Genre -- Lifelines across a Landscape -- Categories of Efficacious Dispositions -- Dynamism Is Continuous -- Conclusion II: The Dragon Motif -- Situation and Tendency in History -- Propensity at Work in Reality -- Conclusion III: Conformism and Efficacy -- Glossary of Chinese Expressions. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI.
0942299949
China--History--Philosophy.
951.001 / JUL/P
The propensity of things : toward a history of efficacy in China / by François Jullien ; translated by Janet Lloyd. - New York : Zone Books, 1995. - 317 p., [13] p. of plates ; 23 cm.
Potential Is Born of Disposition in Military Strategy -- Position as the Determining Factor in Politics -- Conclusion I: A Logic of Manipulation -- The Force of Form, the Effect of Genre -- Lifelines across a Landscape -- Categories of Efficacious Dispositions -- Dynamism Is Continuous -- Conclusion II: The Dragon Motif -- Situation and Tendency in History -- Propensity at Work in Reality -- Conclusion III: Conformism and Efficacy -- Glossary of Chinese Expressions. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI.
0942299949
China--History--Philosophy.
951.001 / JUL/P