Vital Nourishment: Departing from Happiness
François Jullien is Professor at the Université Paris VII-Denis Diderot and director at the Institut de la Pensée Contemporaine. He is the author ofDetour and Access: Strategies of Meaning in China and Greece, The Propensity of Things: Toward a History of Efficacy in China,andIn Praise of Blandness: Proceeding from Chinese Thought and Aestheticsall published by Zone Books.