Description
The first volume of an ambitious critical introduction to Alain Badiou's Being and Event project.
About the Author
William Watkin is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Philosophy at Brunel University, UK.
Reviews
A remarkable achievement and a distinctive contribution to our knowledge of Badiou's thought. For all the skill, and sometimes brilliance, of previous explications, no-one had quite captured the tenor, the character or (a heretical word, perhaps) the feel of Badiou's ontology; not, at least, in language. * Journal of Badiou Studies *
Watkin's is a very important book. Much of the commentary on Badiou has tended to move his politics to the centre of his thought. With meticulousness, clarity and rigour, Watkin works rather through Badiou's philosophization of mathematics, liberating the philosopher qua philosopher, the thinker whose awesome achievement has been to recast and transform our understanding of a major set of traditional philosophical terms. This book returns us to what is most gripping about Badiou, his stark, courageous and deeply uncontemporary asceticism. -- Andrew Gibson, former Research Professor of Modern Literature and Theory, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Book Information
ISBN 9781350015678
Author Dr William Watkin
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 461g