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The aim of Badiou’s book THE IMMANENCE OF TRUTHS is to provide a fully worked out critique of and alternative to contemporary relativism. The line of argument is to convince us that we live in L, the « constructible universe » of … Lire la suite →

We have seen that the first page of the preamble presents philosophico-mytho-poetic genesis of the cosmos told from the point of view of an enunciator who remains unnamed at this stage. The movement at the linguistic level is from (1) … Lire la suite →

After the unnumbered page containing the epigraph quoted from Deleuze and Guattari’s A THOUSAND PLATEAUS comes the first two numbered pages, containing the preamble. These pages are numbered 521-520 in my edition. The book is numbered (or should one say … Lire la suite →

Continuing to live-blog my reading of LA HORDE DU CONTREVENT (2004) by Alain Damasio TITLE The title THE HORDE OF THE COUNTERWIND is Deleuzo-Guattarian. Deleuze and Guattari sketch in A THOUSAND PLATEAUS an ontology of multiplicities (« horde ») and their relation … Lire la suite →

THE HORDE OF THE COUNTERWIND is a cult epic-length French science fiction novel published in 2004, written by Alain Damasio. The novel combines elements of science fiction, fantasy, and philosophy to recount a mythic journey by a « horde » of absolutely … Lire la suite →