Christianity is bound up with the very idea of the West: we cannot evade it even if we would like to. While many people no longer believe in Christianity, we cannot deny that it has left a deep imprint on Western thought. But how might we develop a philosophy of Christianity that is not a Christian philosophy? How can we take a view that is external to the traditions of apologetics and criticism? For there is a question that concerns us all here: are the coherences of Christianity still useful...
Die Idee eines «zweiten Lebens», die François Jullien in Auseinandersetzung mit den Klassikern des chinesischen Denkens entwickelt, meint nicht Wiedergeburt oder neues Leben, sondern zeichnet einen Weg der stillen Verwandlung vor. In diesem Essay lässt François Jullien die Begründer des Taoismus in einen Dialog mit europäischen Denkern treten. Dabei entwickelt er die Idee eines «zweiten Lebens»: Diskret und ohne Bruch findet eine Verschiebung in unserem Leben statt – es trifft nunmehr seine...
As people throughout the world react to globalization and revert to nationalism, they are proclaiming distinct cultural identities for themselves. Cultural identity seems to offer a defensive wall against the homogenizing effects of globalization and a framework for nurturing and protecting cultural differences. In this short and provocative book, François Jullien argues that this emphasis on cultural identity is a mistake. Cultures exist in relation to one another and they are constantly...
