Dictionary of Non-Philosophy
François Laruelle
In The Dictionary of Non-Philosophy, the French thinker François Laruelle provides an enormous dictionary with a theoretical introduction, carefully crafting his thoughts to explain the numerous terms and neologisms that he deems necessary for the project of non-philosophy. With a collective of thinkers also interested in the project, Laruelle has created an essential guide for entering into his non-standard, non-philosophical terrain.
In The Dictionary of Non-Philosophy, the French thinker François Laruelle does something unprecedented for philosophers: he provides an enormous dictionary with a theoretical introduction, carefully crafting his thoughts to explain the numerous terms and neologisms that he deems necessary for the project of non-philosophy. With a collective of thinkers also interested in the project, Laruelle has taken up the difficult task of creating an essential guide for entering into his non-standard, non-philosophical terrain. And for Laruelle, even the idea of a dictionary and what a dictionary is become material for his non-philosophical inquiries. As his opening note begins, “Thus on the surface and within the philosophical folds of the dictionary, identity and its effect upon meaning are what is at stake.”
$24.95 paper ISBN 978-1-937561-13-0
220 pages, 5 3/4 x 8 5/8, May 2013
François Laruelle is professor emeritus at the University of Paris West Nanterre La Défence and the inventor of the science of philosophy, non-philosophy.
Taylor Adkins is a PhD candidate in comparative literature at Emory University. He is a founding member of the blog Fractal Ontology and has also translated work by Felix Guattari.