Laruelle and Non-Philosophy

John Mullarkey is Professor of Film and Television at Kingston University. He previously taught at the University of Dundee (2004-2010) and the University of Sunderland (1994-2004). He is the author of Bergson and Philosophy (1999), Post-Continental Philosophy: An Outline (2006), and Philosophy and the Moving Image: Refractions of Reality (2010), and is an editor of Film-Philosophy and co-editor of The Continuum Companion to Continental Philosophy (2009) as well as Laruelle and Non-Philosophy (2012). John Ó Maoilearca is Professor of Film and TV at Kingston University, London. In 2014, his name reverted from the English ‘Mullarkey’ to the original Irish, ‘Ó Maoilearca’, which ultimately translates as ‘follower of the animal’. 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.

• Introduction: The Non-Philosophical Inversion: Laruelle’s Knowledge Without Domination; John Mullarkey and Anthony Paul Smith; 1. Thinking from the One: Science and the Ancient Philosophical Figure of the One, Anthony Paul Smith; 2. Laruelle Facing Deleuze: Immanence, Resistance and Desire, Marjorie Gracieuse; 3. Laruelle and Ordinary Life, Rocco Gangle; 4. The Justice of Non-Philosophy, Joshua Ramey; 5. Laruelle and the Reality of Abstraction, Ray Brassier; 6. The Science-Thought of Laruelle and Its Effects on Epistemology, Anne-Françoise Schmid; 7. 1 + 1 = 1: The Non-Consistency of Non-Philosophical Practice (Photo: Quantum: Fractal), John Mullarkey; 8. Transcendental Arguments, Axiomatic Truth, and the Difficulty of Overcoming Idealism, Michael J. Olson; 9. Laruelle, Anti-Capitalist, Alexander R. Galloway; 10. Theories of the Immanent Rebellion: Non-Marxism and Non-Christianity, Katerina Kolozova; 11. Is Thinking Democratic? Or, How to Introduce Theory into Democracy, François Laruelle; 12. Non-Philosophy, Weapon of Last Defence: An Interview with François Laruelle; Notes on Contributors; Bibliography; Index.

This collection is the first significant work commenting on [Laruelle's] ideas. For those already familiar with him, the book will satisfy with a well-rounded introduction, 10 essays engaging the material in diverse ways, a contribution from Laruelle, and an intriguing interview with him as well.