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François Jullien
Philosopher and sinologist François Jullien is a professor at Université Paris Diderot, a member of the Institut universitaire de France, and director of the Institut de la pensée contemporaine. His other books include In Praise of Blandness: Proceeding from Chinese Thought and Aesthetics (2004), The Impossible Nude (2007) and The Great Image Has No Form, or On the Nonobject through Painting (2009).