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After Finitude
An Essay on the Necessity of Contingency
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Offers readings of the history of philosophy and sets out a critique of the unavowed fideism at the heart of post-Kantian philosophy. This book introduces a philosophical alternative to the forced choice between dogmatism and critique.
Now available for the first time in paperback, the remarkable debut of a former student of Alain Badiou. A work which makes a strikingly original contribution to contemporary French philosophy and is set to have a significant impact on the future of Continental philosophy. Quentin Meillassoux, a former student of Alain Badiou, is considered to be one of the most talented and exciting new voices in contemporary French philosophy.
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From the preface by Alain Badiou:
It is no exaggeration to say that Quentin Meillassoux has opened up a new path in the history of philosophy, understood here as the history of what it is to know ... This remarkable "critique of critique" is introduced here without embellishment, cutting straight to the heart of the matter in a particularly clear and logical manner. It allows the destiny of thought to be the absolute once more.
"This work is one of the most important to appear in continental philosophy in recent years and deserves a wide readership at the earliest possible date ... Après la finitude is an important book of philosophy by an authentic emerging voice in continental thought. Quentin Meillassoux deserves our close attention in the years to come and his book deserves rapid translation and widespread discussion in the English-speaking world. There is nothing like it."
- Graham Harman in Philosophy Today
Quentin Meillassoux's remarkable debut makes a strikingly original contribution to contemporary French philosophy and is set to have a significant impact on the future of continental philosophy. Written in a style that marries great clarity of expression with argumentative rigour, After Finitude provides bold readings of the history of philosophy and sets out a devastating critique of the unavowed fideism at the heart of post-Kantian philosophy.
The exceptional lucidity and the centrality of argument in Meillassoux's writing should appeal to analytic as well as continental philosophers, while his critique of fideism will be of interest to anyone preoccupied by the relation between philosophy, theology and religion.
Meillassoux introduces a startlingly novel philosophical alternative to the forced choice between dogmatism and critique. After Finitude proposes a new alliance between philosophy and science and calls for an unequivocal halt to the creeping return of religiosity in contemporary philosophical discourse.
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i>After Finitude by Dr Quentin Meillassoux is hailed for its groundbreaking approach in the realm of philosophy, challenging post-Kantian correlationism and advocating for speculative materialism. The book is praised for its clarity, rigorous logic, and audacious defiance of established philosophical norms, promising to become a central text in debates on epistemology and ontology. Despite some disagreement with its conclusions, reviewers commend its bold propositions and the intellectual rigour demonstrated throughout.
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ISBN: 9781441173836
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 January 2010
Country: United States
Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Contributors:
- Translated by Ray Brassier
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 190g
Pages: 160
About the Author
Quentin Meillassoux teaches Philosophy at the Γcole Normale SupΓ©rieure in Paris, France.
Ray Brassier is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
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