The Real is Radical: Marx after Laruelle

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The Real is Radical is centrally concerned with the explication and development of Franois Laruelles theory of non-standard Marxism. Fardy assembles a constellation of concepts designed to put Laruelles work into dialogue with diverse theoretical perspectives, including Althusser, Tronti, Adorno, Baudrillard, Kolozova and others while demonstrating the novelty and theoretical saliency of Laruelles work. The Real is Radical provides a much-needed introduction to non-standard Marxism and a useful starting point for the development of its theoretical potential.

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Jonathan Fardys The Real is Radical: Marx after Laruelle is probably the first comprehensive and systematic introduction to non-Marxism, an emerging field of Marxist theory radicalized through the methods of Franois Laruelles non-standard philosophy. Fardys approach is rigorous, analytic, and imaginative, opening exciting new avenues to approach Marxs text by way of a method rid of the burden of the principle of philosophical sufficiency (Laruelle). * Katerina Kolozova, Professor of Political Philosophy at the Faculty of Media and Communications, Belgrade, Serbia *
Fardy illuminates what is unique about Laruelles project of thinking Marxist categories non-philosophically in the wake of Marxisms failures and at the same time links Laruelles non-Marxism constructively and insightfully to some of the key Marxist theorists of the past century. A masterful, theoretically enlivening and timely book. * Rocco Gangle, Professor of Philosophy, Endicott College, USA *
The Real is Radical provides an excellent introduction to Laruelles non-Marxism and also offers important readings of Marxs original texts and their later theoretical reception. Fardy demonstrates clearly and in exemplary fashion the extent to which Marx remains a thinker for the 21st century who is still to be read. * Ian James, Reader in Modern French Literature and Thought, University of Cambridge, UK *

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Jonathan Fardy is Assistant Professor of Art History at Idaho State University, USA. His research focuses on the relationship between aesthetics and theoretical practice. He is the author of Laruelle and Art: The Aesthetics of Non-Philosophy (Bloomsbury, 2020).