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  Intellectuals and Power

François Laruelle
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ISBN: 978-0-7456-6841-3
160 pages
November 2014, Polity
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Description

In this important new book, the leading philosopher François Laruelle
examines the role of intellectuals in our societies today, specifically
with regards to criminal justice. He argues that, rather than concerning
themselves with abstract philosophical notions like justice, truth and
violence, intellectuals should focus on the human victims. Drawing on
his influential theory of ‘non-philosophy’, he shows how we can submit
the theorizing of intellectuals to the scrutiny of the everyday
suffering of the victims of crime.

In the course of a wide-ranging discussion with Philippe Petit, Laruelle
suspends the presumed authority of intellectuals by challenging the
image of the ‘dominant intellectual’ exemplified by philosophers such as
Sartre, Foucault, Lyotard and Debray. In place of domination, he puts
forward instead a theory of ‘determination’: the determined intellectual
is one whose character is conditioned by his relationship to the victim,
rather than one who attempts to dominate the victim’s experience through
a process of theorizing. While philosophy consistently takes the voice
away from victims of suffering, non-philosophy is able to construct a
theory of violence and crime that gives voice to the victim.

This highly original book will be essential reading for all those
interested in contemporary French philosophy and all those concerned
with justice in the modern world.

Table of Contents
Translator’s Preface
Interviewer’s Preface
Prologue
The Name-of-Man or the Identity of the Real
Portrait of the Dominant Intellectual
The Victim and the Understanding of Crime
The Practice of the Determined Intellectual
Criminal History and the Demand for Justice


Author Information
François Laruelle is Professor Emeritus of the University of Paris X
(Nanterre) and former director of the International College of Philosophy.
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