{"product_id":"in-praise-of-love-9781846687792b","title":"In Praise of Love","description":"Love 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eIn Praise of Love\u003c\/span\u003e, 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 new take on love that sees it as an adventure, and an opportunity for re-invention, in a constant exploration of otherness and difference that leads the individual out of an obsession with identity and self.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiberal, libertine and libertarian reductions of love to instant pleasure and non-commitment bite the dust as Badiou invokes a supporting cast of thinkers from Plato to Lacan via Karl Marx to form a new narrative of romance, relationships and sex - a narrative that does not fear love.","brand":"Serpent's Tail","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42986378461264,"sku":"9781846687792B","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/in-praise-of-love-9781846687792b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}