A Treatise on Efficacy: Between Western and Chinese ThinkingIn this highly insightful analysis of Western and Chinese concepts of efficacy, François Jullien subtly delves into the metaphysical preconceptions of the two civilizations to account for diverging patterns of action in warfare, politics, and diplomacy. He shows how Western and Chinese strategies work in several domains (the battlefield, for example) and analyzes two resulting acts of war. The Chinese strategist manipulates his own troops and the enemy to win a battle without waging war and to bring about victory effortlessly. Efficacity in China is thus conceived of in terms of transformation (as opposed to action) and manipulation, making it closer to what is understood as efficacy in the West. |
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Table des matières
Fixing Ones Eyes on a Model | xi |
Relying on the Propensity of Things | 13 |
Goal or Consequence | 30 |
Action or Transformation | 44 |
The Structure of Opportunity | 59 |
Do Nothing with Nothing Left Undone | 82 |
Allow Effects to Come About | 102 |
From Efficacy to Efficiency | 118 |
The Logic of Manipulation | 135 |
Manipulation versus Persuasion | 151 |
Water Images | 168 |
In Praise of Facility | 182 |
Glossary of Chinese Expressions | 197 |
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A Treatise on Efficacy: Between Western and Chinese Thinking François Jullien Affichage d'extraits - 2004 |
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