{"product_id":"in-praise-of-love-9781595588777","title":"In Praise of Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe renowned French philosopher's \"ode to love's power to unite in the face of eternity, and its optimism in the face of pain\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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,\"\u003ci\u003e In Praise of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is the celebrated French intellectual's passionate treatise in defense of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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 \u003ci\u003eThe Faith of the Faithless\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alain Badiou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 5.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595588777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/19\/2012 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Rabat, Morocco, in 1937, \u003cb\u003eAlain Badiou\u003c\/b\u003e is a leading French philosopher. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Sarkozy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeing and Event\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEthics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Hypothesis\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Paris. \u003cb\u003eNicholas Truong\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, journalist, and regular contributor to the French daily \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003ePeter Bush\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning literary translator. He lives in Barcelona.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Alain Badiou \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48311284629661,"sku":"9781595588777","price":22.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_e8586cd7-0b4c-44d2-825e-7db98d0a6b8f.jpg?v=1779260455","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/in-praise-of-love-9781595588777","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}