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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452187003321

Titolo

Alain Badiou : key concepts / / edited by A.J. Bartlett and Justin Clemens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-49211-0

1-315-71149-4

1-280-11999-3

9786613523938

1-84465-470-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Key concepts

Altri autori (Persone)

BartlettA. J <1967-> (Adam John)

ClemensJustin

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Philosophers

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2010 by Acumen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Badiou's form; 1. Biography and early works; Part I: The Foundations of Badiou's Thought; 2. Philosophy; 3. The conditions; 4. The subject; 5. Ontology; Part II: Badiou's Key Concepts or ""Conditions""; 6. Science; 7. Love; 8. Art; 9. Politics; Part III: Badiou's Engagement with Key Philosophers; 10. Plato; 11. Spinoza; 12. Kant; 13. Hegel; 14. Heidegger; 15. Lacan; 16. Deleuze; 17. New directions; Afterword: Badiou's futures; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Alain Badiou is one of the world's most influential living philosophers. Few contemporary thinkers display his breadth of argument and reference, or his ability to intervene in debates critical to both analytic and continental philosophy. Alain Badiou: Key Concepts presents an overview of and introduction to the full range of Badiou's thinking. Essays focus on the foundations of Badiou's thought, his ""key concepts"" - truth, being, ontology, the subject, and conditions - and on his engagement with a range of thinkers central to his philosophy,



including Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Heidegger an