In the course of more than twenty works François Laruelle has
developed one of the most singular and unique ways of thinking
within contemporary philosophy. This volume develops the style of
his late work, which has sought to combine the idioms of diverse
areas (from the language of quantum mechanics to theology,
messianism and Gnosticism) to create non-standard philosophical
fictions which further articulate his thinking of radical immanence
in relation to wide-ranging themes and concerns. The focus here is
a reassessment of his attempt to rethink what it means to be human.
Much of that work has taken place through an engagement with
science, politics and religion, but now we see Laruelle confronting
the challenge of ecology for his kind of humanism (which he would
call a 'non-humanism', meaning a non-standard humanism). This
challenge is one of thinking of the ethical demands of other
entities within a general ecology. Namely the lives of plants and
other vegetation alongside that of animals. Dealing with the
intersections between science and philosophy in current French
thought, this book is of particular interest to those concerned
with the philosophical innovation and renewal of ecological thought
that have influenced ecological theory. The first English
translation of a key work from this highly original experimental
philosopher, it will surely help cement his place in the firmament
of avant-garde French thinkers, from Derrida and Deleuze to Badiou.
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