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PHILOSOPHY
In the Beginning, She Was
Luce Irigaray
• Irigaray is one of the most important and
influential theorists of her generation
• Expands on the themes critical to her
thought, in particular ‘sameness’ in
contemporary culture
• Demonstrates a new level of maturity
and purpose in her work
A brilliant new work by Luce Irigaray, one
of the greatest living French thinkers, in which she deepens her
arguments in relation to sexuate difference. This is a poetic
piece of writing that demonstrates a new level of maturity and
purpose in Irigaray’s work and reconfirms her place as one of the
world’s most important contemporary thinkers. Irigaray has a
global following in a diverse range of disciplines.
LucE IrIgArAy is Director of research in Philosophy at the centre
National de la recherche Scientifique, Paris.
uK October 2012 uS December 2012
160 Pages 129 x 198 mm 5 x 7.75 inches
HB 9781441135070 - £45.00 / $80.00
PB 9781441106377 - £14.99 / $24.95
Partial Translation rights: chapters 4, 5 and 6 only
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Anti-Badiou
The Introduction of Maoism into Philosophy
François Laruelle
Translated by Robin Mackay
• Laruelle is one of the most exciting
voices in contemporary continental
philosophy
• Engages directly and critically with
bestselling French philosopher, Alain
Badiou
• An original reflection on some key
contemporary concerns in philosophy
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.
At face value, the two have much in common. Anti-Badiou
relates the parallel stories of Badiou’s Maoist ‘ontology of
the void’ and Laruelle’s own performative practice of ‘nonphilosophy’
and explains why the two are in fact radically
different.
FrANçOIS LAruELLE is Professor of contemporary Philosophy at the
université de Paris X (Nanterre) and lectures at the collège International
de Philosophie. He is also director of L’Organisation Non-Philosophique
Internationale.
rOBIN MAcKAy is a philosopher and director of the uK arts organization
urbanomic. He is an Honorary research Fellow in Fine Art at the
university of Kent, uK.
uK December 2012 uS February 2013
272 Pages 129 x 198 mm 5 x 7.75 inches
HB 9781441195746 - £18.99 / $27.95
Translation rights held by: Editions Klime
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Barbarism
Michel Henry
Translated by Scott Davidson
• Henry was one of the most important
and influential French thinkers of the
twentieth century
• Examines the threat posed by science
and technology to culture
• Provides insight into the political
implications of Henry’s work
The first English-language translation of Michel Henry’s
compelling philosophical critique of capitalism, technology and
education. Barbarism represents a critique of the increasing
potential of science and technology to destroy the roots of
culture and the value of the individual human being. For Henry,
barbarism is the result of a devaluation of human life and
culture that can be traced back to the spread of quantification,
the scientific method and technology over all aspects of modern
life.
MIcHEL HENry (1922-2002) was a leading French philosopher and novelist.
He was Professor of Philosophy at the university of Montpellier, France.
ScOTT DAvIDSON is Associate Professor and chair of the Philosophy
Department at Oklahoma city university, uSA.
uK June 2012 uS August 2012
176 Pages 129 x 198 mm 5 x 7.75 inches
HB 9781441124647 - £45.00 / $80.00
PB 9781441132659 - £14.99 / $24.95
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Schizoanalytic Cartographies
Felix Guattari
Translated by Andrew Goffey
• Felix guattari was a leading French
theorist, best known for his collaborative
work with Deleuze
• represents his most important later
work: a systematic account of his
therapeutic ideas
• This translation is fully annotated and
includes all guattari’s original diagrams
The first English translation of a crucial work of twentiethcentury
French philosophy. Schizoanalytic Cartographies
represents guattari’s most important later work, providing a
systematic account of his theoretical position and therapeutic
ideas. Based on research into information theory and new
technologies, guattari articulates a vision of a humanity
reconciled with its relationship to machines. Schizoanalytic
Cartographies is a visionary work, powerfully imagining a future
‘post-media’ era of technological development.
FELIX guATTArI (1930-1992) was a French psychoanalyst, philosopher,
social theorist and radical activist. He is best known for his collaborative
work with gilles Deleuze.
ANDrEw gOFFEy is Senior Lecturer in Media, culture and communications
at Middlesex university, uK.
uK October 2012 uS December 2012
272 Pages 129 x 198 mm 5 x 7.75 inches
HB 9781441157270 - £55.00 / $100.00
PB 9781441167279 - £17.99 / $29.95
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Translation rights held by: galilee
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