An urgent and provocative account of the modern 'militant', a transformative figure at the front line of emancipatory politics. Around the world, recent events have seen the creation of a radical phalanx comprising students, the young, workers and immigrants. It is Badiou's contention that the politics of such militants should condition the tasks of philosophy, even as philosophy clarifies the truth of our political condition.
To resolve the conflicts between politics, philosophy and democracy, Badiou argues for a resurgent communism - returning to the original call for universal emancipation and organizing for militant struggle.

A philosophical guidebook for the struggles to come

About the Author
Alain Badiou teaches philosophy at the Ecole normale superieure and the College international de philosophie in Paris. In addition to several novels, plays and political essays, he has published a number of major philosophical works, including Theory of the Subject, Being and Event, Manifesto for Philosophy, and Gilles Deleuze. His recent books include The Meaning of Sarkozy, Ethics, Metapolitics, Polemics, The Communist Hypothesis, Five Lessons on Wagner, and Wittgenstein's Anti-Philosophy.

Reviews
"One of the most important philosophers writing today." -- Joan Copjec
"A figure like Plato or Hegel walks here among us!" -- Slavoj Zizek
An heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser. * New Statesman *



Book Information
ISBN 9781781688694
Author Alain Badiou
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 114g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 7mm