Just saw this in Adam Kotsko’s review of Meillassoux’s book on Mallarmé (though he’s referring here to my translation of excerpts of L’Inexistence divine):

“Given that his breakthrough philosophical work seemed to most readers to represent a particularly radical form of atheism, this embrace of the resurrection of the dead is, to say the least, off-putting. Admirers of Meillassoux have generally reacted negatively to this particular aspect of his work, viewing it as crazy and embarrassing. Some have even hypothesized that Harman has somehow chosen the excerpts maliciously in order to discredit him.”

Goodness, what spiteful and low-minded speculation. That’s the first I’d heard of it.

But to Kotsko’s credit (and we’ve had our differences), he answers it nobly as concerns my own role in the project, and insightfully as to the probable reasons for such speculation:

“This scenario that is basically impossible, given Harman’s great admiration for Meillassoux…