Theoretical Writings

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Alain Badiou (École Normale Supérieure, France) Ray Brassier (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)

Theoretical Writings

Alain Badiou (École Normale Supérieure, France), Ray Brassier (American University of Beirut, Lebanon), Alberto Toscano

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English

Bloomsbury Publishing
01 January 2016

Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -

Series: Bloomsbury Revelations

Alain Badiou is arguably the most original and influential philosopher working in France today. Working against the tide of postmodern orthodoxy, Badiou revitalizes philosophy's perennial attempt to provide a systematic theory of truth.

Theoretical Writings presents, in Badiou’s own words, ‘the theoretical core of [his] Philosophy’. Beginning with the controversial assertion that ontology is mathematics, the chapters step the reader through his key concepts of being, subject and truth via startling re-readings of canonical figures including Spinoza, Kant and Hegel and engagements with poetry, psychoanalysis and radical politics. Theoretical Writings is an indispensable introduction to one of the great thinkers of our time.

By: Alain Badiou (École Normale Supérieure France)
Edited by: Ray Brassier (American University of Beirut Lebanon), Alberto Toscano
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9781474234115
ISBN 10: 1474234119
Series: Bloomsbury Revelations
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 January 2016
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alain Badiou teaches at the Ecole Normale Superieure and at the College International de Philosophie in Paris, France. In addition to several novels, plays and political essays, he has published a number of major philosophical works including Being and Event, also published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series. Ray Brassier is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Alberto Toscano is Reader in Critical Theory at Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK.

Reviews for Theoretical Writings

Theoretical Writings provides an overview of Badiou's major concepts, including being, the event and truth, and draws on unpublished manuscripts...What makes Badiou a challenging figure is his insistence on the irreducible multiplicity of truths, encountered between philosophy, and science, art, politics and love. De Philosophia, 2004