| Title:
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THEORETICAL WRITINGS
ALAIN BADIOU |
| By: |
Alain Badiou (Editor), Ray Brassier (Editor), Alberto Toscano (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£69.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0826461468 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780826461469 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
27 May, 2004 |
| Series: |
Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers S. |
| Pages: |
300 |
| Description: |
Swimming against the tide of postmodern orthodoxy, Alain Badiou's thought revitalizes philosophy's perennial attempt to provide a systematic theory of truth. This volume, assembled with the collaboration of the author, presents a comprehensive outline of Badiou's ambitious system. |
| Synopsis: |
Alain Badiou is arguably the most important and original philosopher working in France today. Swimming against the tide of postmodern orthodoxy, Badiou's thought revitalizes philosophy's perennial attempt to provide a systematic theory of truth. This volume, assembled with the collaboration of the author, presents a comprehensive outline of Badiou's ambitious system. Starting from the controversial assertion that ontology is mathematics, it sets out the theory of the emergence of truths from the singular relationship between a subject and an event. Also included is a substantial excerpt from Badiou's forthcoming work on the logics of appearance and the concept of world, presented here in advance of its French publication. Ranging from startling re-readings of canonical figures (Spinoza, Kant and Hegel) to decisive engagements with poetry, psychoanalysis and radical politics, "Theoretical Writings" is an introduction to one of the great thinkers of time. |
| Illustrations: |
index, glossary |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |