Name: Polemics
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Author: Alain Badiou
ISBN: 9781844677634

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Year

2012

Language

English

Pages

364

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

18.8 x 13.2 x 3.6 cm

Weight

0.41 kg.

ISBN

184467763x

ISBN13

9781844677634

Synopsis "Polemics "

Polemics is a series of brilliant metapolitical reflections, demolishing established opinion and dominant propaganda, and reorienting our understanding of events from the Kosovo and Iraq wars to the Paris Commune and the Cultural Revolution. At once witty and profound, Badiou presents a series of radical philosophical engagements with politics, and questions what constitutes political truth.

Alain Badiou

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Alain Badiou (1937) is a French philosopher, mathematician, and writer known for his contribution to contemporary thought. His work spans philosophy, political theory, and literature, with a strong influence from structuralism and Marxism. Among his most notable books is Being and Event (1988), where he develops his ontological theory based on mathematics. He is also the author of Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil (1993) and Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism (1997).

Badiou has explored themes such as truth, love, politics, and art, proposing a philosophy that challenges hegemonic thinking. His innovative and provocative approach has influenced contemporary philosophical debate, establishing him as a key figure in 21st-century philosophy.

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