Description for The True Life
Hardback. 'I'm 79 years old. So why on earth should I concern myself with speaking about youth?' This is the question with which renowned French philosopher Alain Badiou begins his passionate plea to the young. Today young people, at least in the West, are on the brink of a new world. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
'I'm 79 years old. So why on earth should I concern myself with speaking about youth?' This is the question with which renowned French philosopher Alain Badiou begins his passionate plea to the young.
Today young people, at least in the West, are on the brink of a new world. With the decline of old traditions, they now face more choices than ever before. Yet powerful forces are pushing them in dangerous directions, into the vortex of consumerism or into reactive forms of traditionalism. This is a time when young people must be particularly attentive to the signs of the ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509514885
SKU
V9781509514885
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About Alain Badiou
Alain Badiou is a writer, philosopher and an Emeritus Professor at the École normale supérieure, Paris.
Reviews for The True Life
"Scarcely any other moral philosopher of our day is as politically clear-sighted and courageously polemical, so prepared to put notions of truth and university back on the agenda." —Terry Eagleton, Lancaster University, UK "Alain Badiou's plea in this stimulating little book contains the 'serious coquetry' one expects from a philosopher committed to the corruption of youth: young people, ... Read more