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In praise of love
- Title
- In praise of love / Alain Badiou with Nicolas Truong ; translated by Peter Bush.
- Author
- Badiou, Alain.
- Publication
- London : Serpent's Tail, 2012.
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- Additional Authors
- Truong, Nicolas.
- Description
- 104 p.; 18 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Eloge de l'amour. English
- Alternative Title
- Eloge de l'amour.
- Subjects
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: I.Love Under Threat -- II.Philosophers and Love -- III.The Construction of Love -- IV.The Truth of Love -- V.Love and Politics -- VI.Love and Art.
- Call Number
- JFC 12-531
- ISBN
- 9781846687792 (pbk)
- 1846687799 (pbk)
- OCLC
- 792977158
- Author
- Badiou, Alain.
- Title
- In praise of love / Alain Badiou with Nicolas Truong ; translated by Peter Bush.
- Imprint
- London : Serpent's Tail, 2012.
- Added Author
- Truong, Nicolas.
- Research Call Number
- JFC 12-531