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  Theoretical Writings: Alain Badiou (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers (Hardcover)) (Hardback) Edited by Alain Badiou, Edited by Ray Brassier, Edited by Alberto Toscano

  

  

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  Short Description for Theoretical WritingsSwimming 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.
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  • Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
  • Published: 27 May 2004
  • Format: Hardback 300 pages
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  • Categories: Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -
  • ISBN 13: 9780826461452 ISBN 10: 082646145X

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• Alain Badiou is arguably the most important and original philosopher working in France today. Swimming against the tide of postmodern orthodoxy, Badiou's work revitalizes philosophy's perennial attempt to provide a systematic theory of truth. This volume presents for the first time in English a comprehensive overview of Badiou's ambitious system. Beginning with Badiou's controversial assertion that ontology is mathematics, this volume sets out his theory of the emergence of truths from the singular relationship between a subject and an event. Also included is a substantial extract 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 indispensable introduction to one of the great thinkers of our time. The volume also features a preface written by the author especially for this collection.