There Is No Such Thing as Cultural Identity
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Francois Jullien. There Is No Such Thing as Cultural Identity
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There Is No Such Thing as Cultural Identity
Preface
Notes
I The universal, the uniform, the common
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II Is the universal an outmoded notion?
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III Difference or divide: identity or fecundity
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IV There is no such thing as cultural identity
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V We will defend a culture’s resources
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VI From divides to the common
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VII Dia-logue
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François Jullien
Translated by Pedro Rodriguez
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But I think it starts with a conceptual error. It cannot be a matter of culture-isolating “differences” but of divides [écarts] that keep cultures apart but also face to face, in tension, and thereby promote a common [du commun] between them. This is a matter not of identity, as cultures by their nature shift and transform, but of fecundities, or what I will call resources.
Rather than defend any French cultural identity, as anything of the sort would be impossible to identify, I will defend French (European) cultural resources – “defend” meaning not so much protect as exploit. Resources arise in a language just as they do within a tradition, in a certain milieu and landscape. Once we understand this such resources become available to all and no longer belong [n’appartiennent pas]. Resources are not exclusive, in the manner of “values”; they are not to be “extolled” or “preached.” We deploy them or do not, activate them or let them fall into escheat. For this each of us bears responsibility.
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