Before Tomorrow

First the future of Hegel, now the future of Kant. And not just another Kant book, but an exploration that moves beyond Heidegger's temporalization of the transcendental, Meillassoux's critique of its contingency, and neurobiological hardwiring. Instead a new model of transcendental as an auto-transforming self-differential 'epigenesis' that Malabou finds nowhere else than in Kant himself! Another milestone in the unfolding philosophy of transformability and plasticity by Europe's most exciting philosopher. John D. Caputo, [Professor of Religion Emeritus] Syracuse University, [Professor of Philosophy Emeritus] Villanova University In Before Tomorrow Catherine Malabou takes us into the very heart of contemporary debates relating to the Kantian legacy, speculative realism and the relation of philosophy to scientific discourse. In demonstrating that the transcendental and the biological can and must be thought together Malabou's thinking heralds a new epigenetic paradigm and shows that contemporary realism is far from being done with Kant. Ian James, University of Cambridge Written with the crutchless clarity of one who knows what she is about, Malabou's new book is a stunning excavation of the process of epigenesis at the heart of Kant's conception of the transcendental. Refusing to join the ranks of those who would relinquish that speculative structure, Malabou mounts a convincing defense of it -- not by submitting it to a biologization, but by calling for a biology that would include speculative thinking. An extraordinary work of philosophy. Joan Copjec, Brown University