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Theoretical Writings
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Alain Badiou is arguable the most important and original philosopher working in France today. Swimming against the tide of postmodern orthodoxy, Badiou's work revitalizes philosophy's perennial attempt to provide a systematic theory of truth. This volume presents for the first time in English a comprehensive overview of Badiou's ambitious system. Beginning with Badiou's controversial assertion that ontology is mathematics, this volume sets out his theory of the emergence of truths from the singular relationship between a subject and an event. Also included is a substantial extract from Badiou's forthcoming work on the logics of appearance and the concept of world, presented here in advance of its French publication. Ranging from startling re-readings of canonical figures (Spinoza, Kant and Hegel) to decisive engagements with poetry, psychoanalysis and radical politics, Theoretical Writings is an indispensable introduction to one of the great thinkers of our time.
Table of Contents
Author's Preface
Part I. Mathematics is Ontology
1. Mathematics and Philosophy
2. Philosophy and Mathematics
3. The Question of Being
4. TodayPlatonism and the Philosophy of Mathematics
5. The Being of Number
6. One, Multiple, Multiplicities
7. Spinoza¹s Closed Ontology
Part II. The Subtraction of Truth
8. The Event as Trans-Being
9. On Subtraction
10. Truth: Forcing and the Unnameable
11. Kant¹s Subtractive Ontology
12. Eight Theses on the Universal
13. Politics as a Truth Procedure
Part III. Logics of Appearance
14. Being and Appearance
15. Notes Toward a Thinking of Appearance
16. The Transcendental
17. Hegel and the Whole
18. Language, Thought, Poetry
Notes
Postface
Indices
Product details
| Published | Aug 15 2006 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 300 |
| ISBN | 9780826493248 |
| Imprint | Continuum |
| Dimensions | 8 x 5 inches |
| Series | Continuum Impacts |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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