Francois Laruelle's Principles of Non-Philosophy: A Critical Introduction and Guide (Critical Introductions and Guides)

In Principles of Non-Philosophy , Laruelle develops the concepts and method of a more democratic form of thought where neither science nor philosophy is subjected to one another, but brought together in a more productive theoretical and practical relationship. While the potential importance of this project is clear, Laruelle remains famously difficult. Anthony Paul Smith provides an introduction and guide to the text that situates you amongst the figures and concepts Laruelle engaged with, provides a foothold for your own understanding and, more importantly, potential use of the project of non-philosophy. The insider's guide through the difficult terrain of Laruelle's most complete development of non-philosophy Anthony Paul Smith - co-translator of Principles of Non-Philosophy into English - provides an introduction and guide to Principles of Non-Philosophy that situates you amongst the figures and concepts Laruelle engaged with, giving you a foothold to understanding and, more importantly, use non-philosophy. Francois Laruelle has been engaged in one of the most daring projects in contemporary philosophy, aiming to overturn the standard form of philosophy and renew its practice again. However, he grew dissatisfied with the purely critical form of his work as it seemed to simply subordinate philosophy to science and so simply reversed the old hierarchy. In Principles of Non-Philosophy Laruelle develops the concepts and method of a more democratic form of thought where neither science nor philosophy is subjected to one another, but brought together in a more productive theoretical and practical relationship. While the potential importance of this project is clear, Laruelle remains famously difficult Laruelle develops the concepts and method of a more democratic form of thought where neither science nor philosophy are subjected to one another, but brought together in a more productive theoretical and practical relationship. While the potential importance of this project is clear, Laruelle remains famously difficult. Anthony Paul Smith provides an introduction and guide to the text that situates it amongst the figures and concepts Laruelle engaged with, creating a foothold for understanding and, more importantly, potential use of the project of non-philosophy Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: A Constellation, Not a Mirror – The Form of a Non-Philosophical Readers’ Guide 1 Situating Principles of Non-Philosophy: Introductory Concepts and First Names 2 On a Democracy Within Thought: Science and Philosophy as Citizens 3 The Subject is Not a Thinking Thing But the Force-(of)-Thought 4 Unilateral Causality and the Pragmatic Theory of Philosophy 5 Dualysis: Or, How To Do Things With Philosophy 6 The Stranger, Nowhere at Home: Non-Philosophy and the Philosophical Scene Notes Bibliography Index Anthony Paul Smith - one of the translators of Principles of Non-Philosophy - introduces you to this key Laruelle text. He guides you through the figures and concepts Laruelle engaged with, helping you to understand and, more importantly, use the project of non-philosophy.