François Laruelle

So who the hell is this Laruelle guy? A deconstructive Plotinus? A French Sikh? A raving mad German Idealist? An ultra-Humean who's just obsessed with the history of philosophy? It's hard to tell exactly (although my money's on the last option if I have to choose).
This book probably could have gotten away with being a bit shorter, but I still really enjoyed my time with it. I plan on revisiting it in the future and am really excited to dig deeper into Laruelle and his fellow non-philosophers' works as well in due time.

(music note: goes very well with korean eai such as jin sangtae or ryu hankil)… (mere)

S U starts off with a careful retreading of non-philosophy, reminiscent of Principles of Non-Philosophy. This is followed by a very nice implicit response to Badiou, small responses to Deleuze and Michel Henry, and an extended response to Laruelle's student, Gilles Grelet. I haven't read Grelet yet, but Lareuelle's critique is still very interesting, responding to an overly cutting and zealous reading of non-philosophy as anti-philosophy. This final section also does some very intriguing weaving of political and religious materials.

(This book is also notable for the founding of the Organisation Non-Philosophique Internationale. fun stuff)… (mere)