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Description

The Red Years (Les Années Rouges) features three key texts by renowned and controversial contemporary French philosopher, Alain Badiou: Theory of Contradiction, Of Ideology, and The Rational Kernel of the Hegelian Dialectic. Hitherto unavailable in English, these three texts elucidate the formative role of Badiou's Maoist 'phase' – an essential moment in his political and philosophical trajectory. Furthermore, these texts are vital to any understanding of radical French thought and politics in the 1970s, and in the wake of the Cultural Revolution.

The book also features a new preface by Badiou, as well as an essay from Tzuchien Tho and a conclusion from Bruno Bosteels, which argues fro the presence of Maoism in Badiou's mature thought.

Table of Contents

Preface, Alain Badiou

Theory of Contradiction
Of Ideology
The Rational Kernel of the Hegelian Dialect

On Badiou, Tzuchien Tho
Conclusion, Bruno Bosteels

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 13 Nov 2025
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 208
ISBN 9781472596086
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Alain Badiou

Alain Badiou is a world-renowned French philosophe…

Translator

Steven Corcoran

Steven Corcoran is a writer and translator living…

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