The propensity of things : toward a history of efficacy in China / by François Jullien ; translated by Janet Lloyd.
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TextPublication details: New York : Zone Books, 1995Description: 317 p., [13] p. of plates ; 23 cmISBN: 0942299949Subject(s): China -- History -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 951.001
Contents:
I. Potential Is Born of Disposition in Military Strategy -- II. Position as the Determining Factor in Politics -- III. Conclusion I: A Logic of Manipulation -- IV. The Force of Form, the Effect of Genre -- V. Lifelines across a Landscape -- VI. Categories of Efficacious Dispositions -- VII. Dynamism Is Continuous -- VIII. Conclusion II: The Dragon Motif -- IX. Situation and Tendency in History -- X. Propensity at Work in Reality -- XI. Conclusion III: Conformism and Efficacy -- Glossary of Chinese Expressions.
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 951.001 JUL/P (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P10769 |
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I. Potential Is Born of Disposition in Military Strategy -- II. Position as the Determining Factor in Politics -- III. Conclusion I: A Logic of Manipulation -- IV. The Force of Form, the Effect of Genre -- V. Lifelines across a Landscape -- VI. Categories of Efficacious Dispositions -- VII. Dynamism Is Continuous -- VIII. Conclusion II: The Dragon Motif -- IX. Situation and Tendency in History -- X. Propensity at Work in Reality -- XI. Conclusion III: Conformism and Efficacy -- Glossary of Chinese Expressions.
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