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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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In praise of love, Nicolas Truong, Alain Badiou
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- Année de publication
- 2012
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- Titre
- In praise of love
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Nicolas Truong, Alain Badiou
- Éditeur
- Serpent's Tail
- Publié
- 2012
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 104
- ISBN10
- 1846687799
- ISBN13
- 9781846687792
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Sciences sociales, Histoires vraies, Thèmes psychologiques, Thématique philosophique, Amour, Philosophie, Psychologie, France, Presse d'opinion & Essais, Entretiens, Théories scientifiques
- Première publication
- 2009
- Titre original
- Éloge de l'Amour
- Évaluation
- 3,85 sur 5
- Description
- 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.