Alain Badiou: A Critical Introduction
[Badiou's theory] enacts a return to full-blown philosophy that strikes as a thunder into the morass of postmodernist sophisms and platitudes. . . . [Badiou] aims at the very heart of politically correct 'radical' intellectuals, undermining the foundations of their mode of life!' Slavoj Zizek, Professor at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana Alain Badiou is rapidly emerging as one of the most radical and influential philosophers of our time. Badiou opposes the contemporary...
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A clear and concise introduction to the political philosophy of Alain Badiou, centred in a political context.
AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction11Maoist Beginnings132The Science of Being393The Event of Non-Being594The Politics of Truth835The Cult of Deleuze1116The Ethics of Philosophy130App. - Some Basic Principles of Set Theory149Notes and References156Bibliography171Index179
