{"product_id":"9781350647442","title":"Reopening Possibilities A Guide to Décoïncidence","description":"\u003ch3\u003eContemporary Realisms: Philosophical Perspectives on Reality\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eReopening Possibilities\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Guide to Décoïncidence\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFrançois Jullien | Andrew Sackin-Poll | Pedro Rodríguez\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ History \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow can collective action, based on clear-set ideals and goals, respond to our contemporary reality in which uncertainty and precarity reign?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this bold new interpretation of the politics of the collective, François Jullien plots a way through the challenges brought about by AI, digital communication and individualisation. He reimagines the political event – not as a causal link or premeditated action, but as a moment that opens fissures and cracks within the current situation, leading, in turn, to a new set of possibilities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe history of Western thought has been largely characterised by an insistence on models and ends; eidos and telos, which have caused us to fixate on the future as a knowable, finite entity. But in our global, interconnected world, where the future remains uncertain, models idealism and empiricism have become obsolete. Julien proposes a third, alternative path: decoincidence. This turns away from the tired normativity of coinciding ideas, from imposed structures or teleology, and asks what happens when we look again at reality on its own terms. Can we rediscover the immanent possibility hidden within the present? The notion of decoincidence is not, then, intended to be explanatory nor offer a model for the future, but rather a reconceptualization of the event itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the world seems bound to repeat itself, \u003ci\u003eReopening Possibilities\u003c\/i\u003e diverts us from mere agreement and disagreement, and instead offers a way out of stagnation, into something wholly new and unexpected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrançois Jullien\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor at the Université Paris VII-Denis Diderot and director at the Institut de la Pensée Contemporaine, France. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLiving Off Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eDetour and Access: Strategies of Meaning in China and Greece (2004)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Propensity of Things: Toward a History of Efficacy in China\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Blandness: Proceeding from Chinese Thought and Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePedro Rodrígue\u003c\/b\u003ez is a translator based in Paris, France\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350647442\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e160\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515392032908,"sku":"9781350647442","price":61.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_5166112d-5593-4c79-b57f-ac3293d934f6.jpg?v=1784693597","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350647442","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}