Francois Laruelle's Principles of Non-Philosophy

Anthony Paul Smith is Assistant Professor in Religion at La Salle University. He is the translator of Future Christ: A Lesson in Heresy and co-translator of Principles of Non-Philosophy, both by François Laruelle, and co-editor of After the Postsecular and the Postmodern: New Essays in Continental Philosophy of Religion.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: A Constellation, Not a Mirror – The Form of a Non-Philosophical Readers’ Guide1. Situating Principles of Non-Philosophy: Introductory Concepts and First Names2. On a Democracy Within Thought: Science and Philosophy as Citizens3. The Subject is Not a Thinking Thing But the Force-(of)-Thought4. Unilateral Causality and the Pragmatic Theory of Philosophy5. Dualysis: Or, How To Do Things With Philosophy6. The Stranger, Nowhere at Home: Non-Philosophy and the Philosophical SceneNotesBibliographyIndex

Francois Laruelle is one of the most radical and challenging of contemporary thinkers. In this book, Anthony Paul Smith provides a road map to Laruelle, guiding us through the rough terrain of the French thinker's "non-philosophy." There are many surprising prospects to be encountered here, as well as the sense of wonder that comes from seeing familiar ideas in an entirely new light.