{"product_id":"in-praise-of-love-alain-badiou-with-nicolas-truong-1846687799","title":"in praise of love. alain badiou with nicolas truong","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1846687799\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alain Badiou\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\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":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52196977082656,"sku":"NEW1846687799","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/91fCVBhvUgL.jpg?v=1786957747","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/in-praise-of-love-alain-badiou-with-nicolas-truong-1846687799","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}