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The Age of the Poets: And Other Writings on Twentieth-Century Poetry and Prose
Alain Badiou
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Paperback. New and illuminating set of analyses of literature from one of France's most important living philosophers Translator(s): Bosteels, Bruno. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
The Age of the Poets revisits the age-old problem of the relation between literature and philosophy, arguing against both Plato and Heidegger's famous arguments. Philosophy neither has to ban the poets from the republic nor abdicate its own powers to the sole benefit of poetry or art. Instead, it must declare the end of what Badiou names the "age of the poets," which stretches from Hölderlin to Celan. Drawing on ideas from his first publication on the subject, "The Autonomy of the Aesthetic Process," Badiou offers an illuminating set of readings of contemporary French prose writers, giving us fascinating insights ... Read more
The Age of the Poets revisits the age-old problem of the relation between literature and philosophy, arguing against both Plato and Heidegger's famous arguments. Philosophy neither has to ban the poets from the republic nor abdicate its own powers to the sole benefit of poetry or art. Instead, it must declare the end of what Badiou names the "age of the poets," which stretches from Hölderlin to Celan. Drawing on ideas from his first publication on the subject, "The Autonomy of the Aesthetic Process," Badiou offers an illuminating set of readings of contemporary French prose writers, giving us fascinating insights ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
335 g
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781685693
SKU
V9781781685693
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About Alain Badiou
Alain Badiou teaches philosophy at the École normale supérieure and the Collège international de philosophie in Paris. In addition to several novels, plays and political essays, he has published a number of major philosophical works, including Theory of the Subject, Being and Event, Manifesto for Philosophy, and Gilles Deleuze. His recent books include The Rebirth of History, Ethics, Metapolitics, Polemics, ... Read more
Reviews for The Age of the Poets: And Other Writings on Twentieth-Century Poetry and Prose
A figure like Plato or Hegel walks here among us!
Slavoj Zizek An heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser.
New Statesman
Badiou has been an intellectual hero of France's anti-capitalist left since the Paris street protests of 1968.
BBC HARDtalk
One of the most important philosophers writing today.
Joan Copjec
Slavoj Zizek An heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser.
New Statesman
Badiou has been an intellectual hero of France's anti-capitalist left since the Paris street protests of 1968.
BBC HARDtalk
One of the most important philosophers writing today.
Joan Copjec