The renowned French philosopher's "ode to love's power to unite in
the face of eternity, and its optimism in the face of pain"
(Publishers Weekly). In a world rife with consumerism, where online
dating promises risk-free romance and love is all too often seen as
a mere variant of desire and hedonism, Alain Badiou believes that
love is under threat. Taking to heart Rimbaud's famous line "love
needs reinventing," In Praise of Love is the celebrated French
intellectual's passionate treatise in defense of love. For Badiou,
love is an existential project, a constantly unfolding quest for
truth. This quest begins with the chance encounter, an event that
forever changes two individuals, challenging them "to see the world
from the point of view of two rather than one." This, Badiou
believes, is love's most essential transforming power. Through
thought-provoking dialogue edited from a conversation between
Badiou and Truong, a vibrant cast of thinkers are invoked:
Kierkegaard, Plato, de Beauvoir, Proust, and more, create a new
narrative of love in the face of twenty-first-century modernity.
Moving, zealous, and wise, Badiou's "paean to the anticapitalist,
antiessentialist, unifying power of love" urges us not to fear it
but to see it as a magnificent undertaking that compels us to
explore others and to move away from an obsession with ourselves
(Publishers Weekly). "Finally, the cure for the pornographic,
utilitarian exchange of favors to which love has been reduced in
America. Alain Badiou is our philosopher of love." -Simon
Critchley, author of The Faith of the Faithless
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