In Praise of Love by Alain Badiou

In Praise of Love by Alain BadiouLove without risks is like war without deaths but, today, love is threatened by an alliance of liberalism and hedonism. Caught between consumerism and casual sexual encounters devoid of passion, love without the key ingredient of chance is in danger of withering on the vine. In In Praise of Love, Alain Badiou takes on contemporary 'dating agency' conceptions of love that come complete with zero risk insurance like US zero casualty bombs. He develops a

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