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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462822903321

Autore

Badiou Alain

Titolo

The Incident at Antioch / L'Incident d'Antioche : A Tragedy in Three Acts / Tragédie en trois actes / / Alain Badiou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Columbia University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-231-52773-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture

Altri autori (Persone)

ReinhardKenneth

SpitzerSusan

Disciplina

842/.914

Soggetti

Badiou, Alain. Incident d'antioche

Badiou, Alain. Incident d'antioche. English

Spitzer, Susan, translator

Romance Literatures

Languages & Literatures

French Literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE FIRST WORLDWIDE EDITION OF THE INCIDENT AT ANTIOCH -- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION / Reinhard, Kenneth -- L'INCIDENT D'ANTIOCHE / THE INCIDENT AT ANTIOCH -- Notes -- A discussion of and around the incident at Antioch -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Incident at Antioch is a key play marking Alain Badiou's transition from classical Marxism to a "politics of subtraction" far removed from party and state. Written with striking eloquence and extraordinary poetic richness, and shifting from highly serious emotional and intellectual drama to surreal comic interlude, the work features statesmen, workers, and revolutionaries struggling to reconcile the nature and practice of politics.This bilingual edition presents L'Incident d'Antioche in its original French and, on facing pages, an expertly



executed English translation. Badiou adds a special preface, and an introduction by the scholar Kenneth Reinhard connects the play to Paul Claudel's The City, Saint Paul and the early history of the Church, and the innovative mathematical thinking of Paul Cohen. The translation includes Susan Spitzer's extensive notes clarifying allusions and "ations and hinting at Badiou's intentions. An interview with Badiou encompasses the play's settings, themes, and events, as well as his ongoing literary and conceptual experimentation on stage and off.