A Treatise on Efficacy : : Between Western and Chinese Thinking / / François Jullien.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Jullien, François,
• TeilnehmendeR: Lloyd, Janet.
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. Fixing One's Eyes on a Model --; 2. Relying on the Propensity of Things --; 3. Goal or Consequence --; 4. Action or Transformation --; 5. The Structure of Opportunity --; 6. Do Nothing (with Nothing Left Undone) --; 7. Allow Effects to Come About --; 8. From Efficacy to Efficiency --; 9. The Logic of Manipulation --; 10. Manipulation versus Persuasion --; 11. Water Images --; 12. In Praise of Facility --; Glossary of Chinese Expressions --; About the Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780824843144; 9783110649772; 9783110564143; 9783110663259
• DOI: 10.1515/9780824843144
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: François Jullien.

In 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. Jullien's brilliant interpretations of an array of recondite texts are key to understanding our own conceptions of action, time, and reality in this foray into the world of Chinese thought. In its clear and penetrating characterization of two contrasting views of reality from a heretofore unexplored perspective, A Treatise on Efficacy will be of central importance in the intellectual debate between East and West.