Following the collapse of the communist states it was assumed that
Marxist philosophy had collapsed with it. In "Introduction to
Non-Marxism," Francois Laruelle aims to recover Marxism along with
its failure by asking the question "What is to be done with Marxism
itself?"
To answer, Laruelle resists the temptation to make Marxism more
palatable after the death of metaphysics by transforming Marxism
into a mere social science or by simply embracing with evangelical
fervor the idea of communism. Instead Laruelle proposes a heretical
science of Marxism that will investigate Marxism in both its
failure and power so as to fashion new theoretical tools.
In the course of engaging with the material of Marxism, Laruelle
takes on the philosophy of Marx along with important philosophers
who have extended that philosophy including Althusser, Balibar,
Negri as well as the attempt at a phenomenological Marxism found in
the work of Michel Henry. Through this engagement Laruelle develops
with great precision the history and function of his concept of
determination-in-the-last-instance. In the midst of the assumed
failure of Marxism and the defections and resentment that followed,
Laruelle's non-Marxism responds with the bold declaration: "Do not
give up on theory "
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