Badiou and Plato

An Education by Truths

A. J. Bartlett

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English

Edinburgh University Press
03 March 2016

Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -

An interrogation of Plato's entire work using the concepts and categories of Alain Badiou. This is the first book to critically address and draw consequences from Badiou's claim that his work is a 'Platonism of the multiple' and that philosophy today requires a 'platonic gesture'. Examining the relationship between Badiou and Plato, Bartlett radically transforms our perception of Plato's philosophy and rethinks the central philosophical question: 'what is education?'

By: A. J. Bartlett
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 388g
ISBN: 9781474410304
ISBN 10: 1474410308
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 03 March 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

A. J. Bartlett is Adjunct Research Fellow at the Research Unit in European Philosophy, Monash University.

Reviews for Badiou and Plato: An Education by Truths

This is not a work of commentary but an intervention: by actualising the categories of Badiou's Being and Event, Bartlett subverts the Aristotelian biases of Plato scholarship and exposes the sophistical basis of contemporary ideologies of education. The result brilliantly exemplifies the transformative import of Badiou's Platonism.-- ""Ray Brassier, American University of Beirut""