TY - BOOK AU - Jullien,François TI - The propensity of things: toward a history of efficacy in China SN - 0942299949 AV - DS736.5. J85 1995 U1 - 951.001 PY - 1995/// CY - New York PB - Zone Books KW - China KW - History KW - Philosophy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-306); Translator's Note --; Introduction --; Notice to the Reader --; 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 --; Notes --; Glossary of Chinese Expressions ER -