{"product_id":"in-praise-of-love","title":"In praise of love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e In praise of love (Hardcover, 256 pages – Serpents Tail, 2012) – Serpents Tail, 2012. Language: Eng.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCondition: Good\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrench philosopher Alain Badiou turns his attention to love. A new century, new threats to love...Love without risks is like war without deaths - but, today, love is threatened by an alliance of liberalism and hedonism. Caught between consumerism and casual sexual encounters devoid of passion, love - without the key ingredient of chance - is in danger of withering on the vine. In \"In Praise of Love\", Alain Badiou takes on contemporary 'dating agency' conceptions of love that come complete with zero-risk insurance - like US zero-casualty bombs. He develops a new take on love that sees it as an adventure, and an opportunity for re-invention, in a constant exploration of otherness and difference that leads the individual out of an obsession with identity and self. Liberal, libertine and libertarian reductions of love to instant pleasure and non-commitment bite the dust as Badiou invokes a supporting cast of thinkers from Plato to Lacan via Karl Marx to form a new narrative of romance, rel\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alain Badiou","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098028957920,"sku":"9781846687792","price":46.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/5681\/6608\/files\/91fCVBhvUgL._SY522.jpg?v=1781691588","url":"https:\/\/medicalbook.online\/products\/in-praise-of-love","provider":"medicalbook.online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}