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A capstone work from a renowned philosopher who explores how Western cultural biases may be challenged by classic texts in order to enter another way of thinking   How can a person from a Western culture enter into a way of thinking as different as that of the Chinese? Can a person truly escape from his or her own cultural perspectives and assumptions? French philosopher François Jullien has throughout his career explored the distances between European and Chinese thought. In this fascinating summation of his work, he takes an original approach to the conundrum of cross-cultural understanding.   Jullien considers just three sentences in their original languages. Each is the first sentence of a seminal text: the Bible in Hebrew, Hesiod’s Theogony in Greek, and the Yijing (I Ching) in Chinese. By dismantling these sentences, the author reveals the workings of each language and the ways of thought in which they are inscribed. He traces the hidden choices made by European reason and assumptions, discovering, among other things, what is not thought about. Through the lens of the Chinese language, Jullien offers, as always, a new and surprising view of Western culture.

Author Biography:

François Jullien is an internationally recognized philosopher and sinologist. He has published more than thirty books and holds several academic posts in France. He lives in Paris. Jody Gladding is a poet and translator.
Release date Australia
January 3rd, 2017
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Undergraduate
Contributor
  • Translated by Jody Gladding
Pages
152
Dimensions
12x19x1
ISBN-13
9780300223569
Product ID
25177449

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