{"product_id":"after-finitude-an-essay-on-the-necessity-of-contingency-9780826496744","title":"After Finitude: An Essay on the Necessity of Contingency","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the preface by Alain Badiou: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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 ... \u003ci\u003eApr?s \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ela finitude \u003c\/i\u003eis an important book of philosophy by an authnted emerging voices 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003eGraham Harman in \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eAfter Finitude \u003c\/i\u003eprovides bold readings of the history of philosophy and sets out a devastating critique of the unavowed fideism at the heart of post-Kantian philosophy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeillassoux introduces a startlingly novel philosophical alternative to the forced choice between dogmatism and critique. \u003ci\u003eAfter Finitude \u003c\/i\u003eproposes a new alliance between philosophy and science and calls for an unequivocal halt to the creeping return of religiosity in contemporary philosophical discourse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuentin Meillassoux teaches Philosophy at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, France. \u003cp\u003eAlain Badiou teaches at the Ecole Normale Superieure and at the College International de Philosophie in Paris, France. In addition to several novels, plays and political essays, he has published a number of major philosophical works. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRay Brassier is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Continuum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50329966608658,"sku":"9780826496744","price":74.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a5764e24-9e1d-4ca9-b834-eec3c1ca1811.jpg?v=1727787462","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/after-finitude-an-essay-on-the-necessity-of-contingency-9780826496744","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}