Non-philosophy, the "No" Button, and a Brief Philo-fiction

Randall Johnson (author)

Chapter of: Speculations VI(pp. 63–76)

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Title	Non-philosophy, the "No" Button, and a Brief Philo-fiction
Contributor	Randall Johnson (author)
DOI	https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0122.1.04
Landing page	https://punctumbooks.com/titles/speculations-vi/
License	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Copyright	Johnson, Randall
Publisher	punctum books
Published on	2015-12-12
Long abstract	Non-philosophy—and espe-cially that associated with the name François Laruelle—has in the last few years surged forward in those circles of radically-minded philosophers who seem to view themselves at some liminality of thought that is singularly new. Non-philosophy admits few, if any, philo-friends, and from those few named in-person it seems predominantly to separate itself. There is no doubt a certain pleasure in negation, a certain jouis-sance in the partitioning of the shared. I was reminded of such whole body joy of “no” by what could be argued was an inappropriate Christmas gift: a “no” button.
Page range	pp. 63–76
Print length	14 pages
Language	English (Original)

Non-philosophy—and espe-cially that associated with the name François Laruelle—has in the last few years surged forward in those circles of radically-minded philosophers who seem to view themselves at some liminality of thought that is singularly new. Non-philosophy admits few, if any, philo-friends, and from those few named in-person it seems predominantly to separate itself. There is no doubt a certain pleasure in negation, a certain jouis-sance in the partitioning of the shared. I was reminded of such whole body joy of “no” by what could be argued was an inappropriate Christmas gift: a “no” button.