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Theory of Strangers: Science of People, Democracy, Non-Psychoanalysis

Theory of Strangers: Science of People, Democracy, Non-Psychoanalysis

Hardcover

Philosophy

ISBN10: 1399549235
ISBN13: 9781399549233
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: Jan 31 2026
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.33
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Originally published in 1995, this book constitutes a turning point in the development of what François Laruelle calls non-philosophy, towards its democratic and emancipatory vision. In this work, Laruelle utilises his non-philosophical theory to develop unified theoretical analyses into philosophy's relationship with the humanities, politics and psychoanalysis.

Centred on the figure of the Stranger, he argues for a democratic reformation of thought governed by human multitudes. The new field of thought is opened by this Universal Humanity, identified with three different pathways: a science of people and non-humanism, democracy and non-politics, and non-psychoanalysis as the development of a Universal Unconscious.

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