In Praise of Love
by Alain Badiou
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- Hardcover
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- 1595588779
- ISBN 13
- 9781595588777
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French philosopher Alain Badiou turns his attention to love.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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- Title
- In Praise of Love
- Author
- Alain Badiou
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1595588779
- ISBN 13
- 9781595588777
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2012-11
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