Description
French philosopher Alain Badiou turns his attention to love
About the Author
Born in Rabat, Morocco in 1937, Alain Badiou is a leading French philosopher. With Giorgio Agamben and Slavoj Zizek, he has reclaimed for the radical left the concepts of being, truth and the subject. A lifelong communist, he is the author of The Meaning of Sarkozy, Being and Event, Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil and The Communist Hypothesis. Writer and journalist Nicolas Truong is a regular contributor to the French daily, Le Monde.
Reviews
Scarcely any other moral philosopher of our day is as politically clear-sighted and courageously polemical, so prepared to put notions of truth and universality back on the agenda -- Terry Eagleton
One of the most important philosophers writing today -- Joan Copjec
A philosopher who is far from willing to abandon humanity to the vicissitudes of so-called global capitalism -- Mark Fisher
Book Information
ISBN 9781846687792
Author Alain Badiou
Format Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint Serpent's Tail
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 116g
Dimensions(mm) 176mm * 110mm * 12mm