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

By François Laruelle

Originally published in 1995, this book constitutes a turning point in the development of what Fran ois 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399549235
• ISBN13: 9781399549233
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 296 Pages