In praise of love [Elektronisk resurs] / Alain Badiou with Nicolas Truong ; translated by Peter Bush.

• Contents; Introduction; I. Love Under Threat; II. Philosophers and Love; III. The Construction of Love; IV. The Truth of Love; V. Love and Politics; VI. Love and Art; In Conclusion. 

• In a world rife with consumerism, where online dating promises risk-free romance and love is all too often seen only as a 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 philosopher'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 

Ämnesord

Kärlek  (sao)

Love.  (LCSH)

Badiou, Alain -- Interviews. 

Love  (LCSH)

Genre

Electronic books.  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

BD436 .B3213 2012 (LCC)

128.46 (DDC)

Dh (kssb/8 (machine generated))