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<h1 class="productDetail-title">Intellectuals and Power</h1>
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<div class="productDetail-authors"><span
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Laruelle</a></span> </div>
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978-0-7456-6841-3</div>
<div class="productDetail-pageCount">160 pages</div>
<div class="productDetail-dateImprint">November 2014,
Polity</div>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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<div class="productDetail-richDataText">Translator’s Preface<br>
Interviewer’s Preface<br>
Prologue<br>
The Name-of-Man or the Identity of the Real<br>
Portrait of the Dominant Intellectual<br>
The Victim and the Understanding of Crime<br>
The Practice of the Determined Intellectual<br>
Criminal History and the Demand for Justice</div>
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<div class="productDetail-richDataText">François Laruelle is
Professor Emeritus of the University of Paris X (Nanterre)
and former director of the International College of
Philosophy.</div>
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