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Name: In praise of love
Author: Alain Badiou

"Invoking a vibrant cast of thinkers, from Kierkegaard and de Beauvoir to Proust and Lacan, the world-renowned French philosopher urges us not to fear love but to see it as an adventure, a magnificent quest that ultimately leads us away from an obsession with the self"--Page 4 of cover.

First publish date: 2012

Authors: Alain Badiou

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