{"product_id":"9781441158703","title":"Anti-Badiou: The Introduction of Maoism into Philosophy","description":"This compelling and highly original book represents a confrontation between two of the most radical thinkers at work in France today: Alain Badiou and the author, François Laruelle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt face value, the two have much in common: both espouse a position of absolute immanence; both argue that philosophy is conditioned by science; and both command a pluralism of thought. Anti-Badiou relates the parallel stories of Badiou's Maoist 'ontology of the void' and Laruelle's  own performative practice of 'non-philosophy' and explains why the two are in fact radically different. Badiou's entire project aims to re-educate philosophy through one science: mathematics. Laruelle carefully examines Badiou's Being and Event and shows how Badiou has created a new aristocracy that crowns his own philosophy as the master of an entire theoretical universe. In turn, Laruelle explains the contrast with his own non-philosophy as a true democracy of thought that breaks philosophy's continual enthrall with mathematics and instead opens up a myriad of 'non-standard' places where thinking can be found and practised.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140103684336,"sku":"9781441158703","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781441158703_p0.jpg?v=1763790102","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781441158703","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}