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A new century, new threats to love . . .
Love without risks is like war without deaths - but, today, love is threatened by an alliance of liberalism and hedonism. Caught between consumerism and casual sexual encounters devoid of passion, love - without the key ingredient of chance - is in danger of withering on the vine.
In In Praise of Love, Alain Badiou takes on contemporary 'dating agency' conceptions of love that come complete with zero-risk insurance - like US zero-casualty bombs. He develops a new take on love that sees it as an adventure, and an opportunity for re-invention, in a constant exploration of otherness and difference that leads the individual out of an obsession with identity and self.
Liberal, libertine and libertarian reductions of love to instant pleasure and non-commitment bite the dust as Badiou invokes a supporting cast of thinkers from Plato to Lacan via Karl Marx to form a new narrative of romance, relationships and sex - a narrative that does not fear love.
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Scarcely any other moral philosopher of our day is as politically clear-sighted and courageously polemical, so prepared to put notions of truth and universality back on the agenda (Terry Eagleton)
One of the most important philosophers writing today (Joan Copjec)
A philosopher who is far from willing to abandon humanity to the vicissitudes of so-called global capitalism (Mark Fisher)
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One of the most important philosophers writing today (Joan Copjec)
A philosopher who is far from willing to abandon humanity to the vicissitudes of so-called global capitalism (Mark Fisher)
French philosopher Alain Badiou turns his attention to love
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- PublisherSerpent's Tail
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1846687802
- ISBN 13 9781846687808
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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