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Badiou: A Subject To Truth
Peter Hallward
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Description for Badiou: A Subject To Truth
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 670.
Alain Badiou is one of the most inventive and compelling philosophers working in France todayOCoa thinker who, in these days of cynical resignation and academic specialization, is exceptional in every sense. Guided by disciplines ranging from mathematics to psychoanalysis, inspired as much by Plato and Cantor as by Mao and Mallarm(r), BadiouOCOs work renews, in the most varied and spectacular terms, a decidedly ancient understanding of philosophyOCophilosophy as a practice conditioned by truths, understood as militant processes of emancipation or transformation. This book is the first comprehensive introduction to BadiouOCOs thought to appear in any language. Assuming no prior knowledge ... Read more
Alain Badiou is one of the most inventive and compelling philosophers working in France todayOCoa thinker who, in these days of cynical resignation and academic specialization, is exceptional in every sense. Guided by disciplines ranging from mathematics to psychoanalysis, inspired as much by Plato and Cantor as by Mao and Mallarm(r), BadiouOCOs work renews, in the most varied and spectacular terms, a decidedly ancient understanding of philosophyOCophilosophy as a practice conditioned by truths, understood as militant processes of emancipation or transformation. This book is the first comprehensive introduction to BadiouOCOs thought to appear in any language. Assuming no prior knowledge ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816634613
SKU
V9780816634613
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Reviews for Badiou: A Subject To Truth
If Badiou's recent work is the event of contemporary philosophy, Hallward's book bears the greatest fidelity to this event
fidelity, not dogmatic allegiance and blind repetitive resume.
fidelity, not dogmatic allegiance and blind repetitive resume.