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IN PRAISE OF LOVE
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| By: |
Nicolas Truong, Alain Badiou |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
1846687799 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781846687792 |
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| Publisher: |
PROFILE BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2012 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
The author takes on contemporary 'dating agency' conceptions of love that come complete with zero-risk insurance. 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. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Serpent's Tail |
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Returnable |