Reopening Possibilities: A Guide to Décoïncidence (Contemporary Realisms: Philosophical Perspectives on Reality)

How can collective action, based on clear-set ideals and goals, respond to our contemporary reality in which uncertainty and precarity reign?In this bold new interpretation of the politics of the collective, Francois 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.The 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 o