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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: François Jullien , Paula M. VarsanoPublisher: Zone Books Imprint: Zone Books Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.435kg ISBN: 9781890951412ISBN 10: 1890951412 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 27 April 2004 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsBlandness is a sub rosa self-help book and a map to the sublime. -- Village Voice """The quality of blandness: no sooner do you identify it than 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."" - Francois Jullien, In Praise of Blandness""" Author InformationFrançois 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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