Anti-Badiou : The Introduction of Maoism into Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9781441195746 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 288 str.

Francois Laruelle

Opis

This compelling and highly original book represents a confrontation between two of the most radical thinkers at work in France today: Alain Badiou and the author, Francois Laruelle.At face value, the two have much in common: both espouse a position of absolute immanence; both argue that philosophy is conditioned by science; and both command a pluralism of thought. Anti-Badiou relates the parallel stories of Badiou's Maoist 'ontology of the void' and Laruelle's own performative practice of 'non-philosophy' and explains why the two are in fact radically different. Badiou's entire project aims to re-educate philosophy through one science: mathematics. Laruelle carefully examines Badiou's Being and Event and shows how Badiou has created a new aristocracy that crowns his own philosophy as the master of an entire theoretical universe. In turn, Laruelle explains the contrast with his own non-philosophy as a true democracy of thought that breaks philosophy's continual enthrall with mathematics and instead opens up a myriad of 'non-standard' places where thinking can be found and practised."

Recenzje

The two most important living French theorists finally meet head to head, Badiou the best known and Laruelle the least. What results is a true disagreement, the first in a very long time. But don't expect the usual insults: Badiou as anachronistic Maoist, or Badiou as unrepentant Platonist. Laruelle's dagger is sharper and more deadly, for his target is Badiou the philosopher! Alexander R. Galloway, Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, USA 20121129

Spis treści

Preface: The Re-education of Philosophy by Mathematics: Purification and Terror \ Introduction \ 1. A Short Synoptic Parallel \ 2. Modern Party Positions in Philosophy \ 3. The Old and New Relationship Between Science and Philosophy \ 4. Matrices and Principles \ 5. Subtraction and Superposition \ 6. Philosophy and Mathematics in the Mirror \ 7. Ontology and Materiality \ 8. Philo-Fiction \ Notes \ Index

O autorze

François Laruelle is a French philosopher formerly Professor of Contemporary Philosophy at the Université de Paris X (Nanterre) and the Collège International de Philosophie, France. He is the creator of the concept of 'non-philosophy' and author of over twenty works of philosophy. Robin Mackay is a philosopher and director of the UK arts organisation Urbanomic. He is an Honorary Research Fellow in Fine Art at the University of Kent, UK.