In Praise of Blandness: Proceeding from Chinese Thought and Aesthetics by Jullien, François
In Praise of Blandness: Proceeding from Chinese Thought and Aesthetics by Jullien, François

In Praise of Blandness: Proceeding from Chinese Thought and Aesthetics

The quality of blandness: no sooner do you identify it then it begins to appear at every...
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In Praise of Blandness: Proceeding from Chinese Thought and Aesthetics by Jullien, François

In Praise of Blandness: Proceeding from Chinese Thought and Aesthetics

$45.18
In Praise of Blandness: Proceeding from Chinese Thought and Aesthetics by Jullien, François

In Praise of Blandness: Proceeding from Chinese Thought and Aesthetics

$45.18
Author: François Jullien
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The quality of blandness: no sooner do you identify it then it begins to appear at every turn. Blandness, by definition, pays little heed to the borders our various disciplines like to draw. As the embodiment of neutrality, the bland lies at the point of origin of all things possible and so links them.-- Fran ois Jullien

Already translated into six languages, Fran ois Jullien's In Praise of Blandness has by now become a classic. Appearing for the first time in English, this groundbreaking work of philosophy, anthropology, aesthetics, and sinology is certain to stir readers to think and experience what may at first seem impossible: the richness of a bland sound, a bland meaning, a bland painting, a bland poem. In presenting the value of blandness through as many concrete examples and original texts as possible, Jullien allows the undifferentiated foundation of all things -- blandness itself -- to appear. After completing this book, readers will reevaluate those familiar Western lines of thought where blandness is associated with lack -- the undesirable absence of particular, defining qualities.

Jullien's In Praise of Blandness traces the elusive appearance and crucial value of blandness from its beginnings in the Daoist and Confucian traditions to its gradual integration into literary and visual aesthetics in the late medieval period and beyond. Slowly developing into a positive quality in the Chinese aesthetic and ethical traditions, the bland comprises the balanced and unnamable union of all potential values. It embodies a reality whose very essence is change, and provides an infinite opening onto the breadth of human expression and taste.

Author: François Jullien
Publisher: Zone Books
Published: 09/14/2007
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781890951429
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Jullien, François: - 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.
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