In Praise of Blandness Proceeding from Chinese Thought and Aesthetics

Name: In Praise of Blandness Proceeding from Chinese Thought and Aesthetics
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ISBN: 9781890951429

ISBN-10: 1890951420

ISBN-13: 9781890951429

Edition: 2004

Authors: Franï¿½ois Jullien, Paula M. Versano, Paula M. Varsano

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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. --from In Praise of Blandness Already translated into six languages, Francois Jullien's In Praise of Blandnesshas 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…

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List price: $20.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Zone Books
Publication date: 9/14/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English