To grow up is to grow old. With time, great love can turn into indifference. And even the most earnest revolution can imperceptibly become its own system of privilege and corruption - just as global warming has slowly modified the climate by degrees. These are examples of the kind of quiet, unseen changes that Francois Jullien examines in "The Silent Transformations", in which he compares Western and Eastern - specifically Chinese - ways of thinking about time and processes of change. Jullien argues that our failure to notice the effects of cumulative changes over time is due to Western thought's foundations in classical Greek philosophies of being, which encourage thinking in terms of determined forms and neglect the indeterminable nature of the transition taking place. In contrast, Chinese thought, having a greater sense of the fluidity of life, provides a more flexible way of understanding everyday transformations and offers insightful perspectives from which to consider our relation to history and nature. In particular, a Chinese approach, argues Jullien, allows us to discover that there may be occasions when it is more efficacious to yield to situations than to confront them head-on. In "The Silent Transformations", Jullien resituates Western philosophy by examining it in the light of traditions of thought that have developed from fundamentally different concepts and contexts. Jullien here opens a space for a new way of thinking, and this refreshing book will stimulate the interest of scholars in both Western and Eastern philosophy.
發表於2024-11-19
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圖書標籤: sinology Theory 哲學 餘蓮 theory/criticism Philosophy Literary Lit
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評分餘蓮在一些概念上比德勒茲更加激進,而且有種急切試圖顛覆西方哲學傳統和將哲學嵌入實在的野心,即便他在文中多次用écart替代difference以提供某種中和的可能性。可否將他的思路理解為一種平行的體係?
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評分餘蓮在一些概念上比德勒茲更加激進,而且有種急切試圖顛覆西方哲學傳統和將哲學嵌入實在的野心,即便他在文中多次用écart替代difference以提供某種中和的可能性。可否將他的思路理解為一種平行的體係?
評分餘蓮在一些概念上比德勒茲更加激進,而且有種急切試圖顛覆西方哲學傳統和將哲學嵌入實在的野心,即便他在文中多次用écart替代difference以提供某種中和的可能性。可否將他的思路理解為一種平行的體係?
The Silent Transformations 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載