The perfect companion piece to Badiou's Pocket Pantheon, this collection is essential reading for anyone interested in what Badiou calls the """"French moment"""" in contemporary philosophy. From the often-quoted review of Louis Althusser's canonical works For Marx and Reading Capital to the scathing critiques of the """"potato fascism"""" in Gills Deleuze and Felix Guattari's Anti-Oedipus and the """"grand politics"""" of Christian Jambet and Guy Lardreau's The Angel; from talks on Michel Foucault and Jean-Luc Nancy to reviews of the work of Jean-Francois Lyotard and Barbara Cassin, Badiou reveals the exceptionally rich and varied adventure that is French philosophy.
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"A figure like Plato or Hegel walks here among us!" Slavoj Zizek "One of the most important philosophers working today." Joan Copjec "An heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser." New Statesman
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ALAIN BADIOU teaches philosophy at the Ecole normale superieure and the College international de philosophie in Paris. In addition to several novels, plays, and political essays, he has published a number of major philosophical works. His recent books include The Meaning of Sarkozy, Ethics, Metapolitics, The Communist Hypothesis and Five Lessons on Wagner.
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A NEW STANDARD IN POSTMODERN SCHOLARSHIP: please consider when purchasing this book that you will be purchasing two complete books combined in one volume. Pages 1-133 present Badiou's position and its historical contributions. The next 200 pages present a topical set of commentaries on postmodern thought. The book is fairly thick; and is a bargain. Badiou articulates his position by crediting others and directing attention away from himself. He specifically mentions: Deleuze; Althusser; Canguilhem; and Nancy. His praise for Nancy is offered with great respect.
BADIOU'S POSITION : is presented with great depth and systematic clarity and addresses every aspect of Hegel's psychology, including the existential influence in the abyss by Sartre. He professes be an intellectual, in distinction from Nancy's disapproval of intellectuality; but shares that in private conversations with Nancy they have a profound convergence. This is, by far, the most comprehensive presentation of postmodern philosophy from France that I have read. And it's current: 2012. I'll leave the discovery of the specific content up to you. One consideration is the first 40 pages were a little beyond my substrate of understanding at this time. Therefore I did a few quick tutorials on wiki-pedia to catch up. It is advisable to do so . In that way, the remainder of the book becomes that much more powerful. You end up with a real sense of accomplishment after completing this study and a more comprehensive base of understanding concerning the postmodern project. For me, the book was challenging and extremely rewarding. I give it the stars of "absolute finitude"; which badiou would appreciate.
BADIOU'S POSITION : is presented with great depth and systematic clarity and addresses every aspect of Hegel's psychology, including the existential influence in the abyss by Sartre. He professes be an intellectual, in distinction from Nancy's disapproval of intellectuality; but shares that in private conversations with Nancy they have a profound convergence. This is, by far, the most comprehensive presentation of postmodern philosophy from France that I have read. And it's current: 2012. I'll leave the discovery of the specific content up to you. One consideration is the first 40 pages were a little beyond my substrate of understanding at this time. Therefore I did a few quick tutorials on wiki-pedia to catch up. It is advisable to do so . In that way, the remainder of the book becomes that much more powerful. You end up with a real sense of accomplishment after completing this study and a more comprehensive base of understanding concerning the postmodern project. For me, the book was challenging and extremely rewarding. I give it the stars of "absolute finitude"; which badiou would appreciate.
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Very fun to read. I knew very little about French Philosophers. Badiou really takes you on an Adventure; Mao, Hegel, Marx, Canguilhem... I'm about to start Foucault. Great Book for a collection. There are so many starting points, and reference points. It's as good a study tool as i've ever seen. it trumps my textbooks ;)
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This was purchased as a gift. The recipient was very pleased with the selection of this text. He will be using it to further his research on Badiou before entering Graduate School.
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