UNHAPPY CONSCIENCE
François Jullien continues his exploration of Chinese thought
Carlin Romano
Vital Nourishment:
Departing from Happiness
by Francois Jullien
Zone Books
$25.95 List Price
Absorbing Chinese philosophy through the dispositif of French philosophy can strike one as retranslation at its most unwelcome, like channeling Ismail Kadare from Albanian through French to English or playing the childhood game of Telephone in high-cultural mode. We all prefer nonstop flights to connections, original-language films to the hopelessly dubbed. For the non-French reader, it’s only sensible to approach François
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