Badiou and the Political Condition:

Unpacks the diverse intellectual legacies woven into Badiou's work on contemporary polemics and political interventionsThe 11 essays in this volume, including a new piece by Badiou himself, reflect the formative traditions that shape the background of his political thought. They intervene criti...

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Main Author: Constantinou, Marios (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2021]
Series:Critical Connections : CRCO
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Summary:Unpacks the diverse intellectual legacies woven into Badiou's work on contemporary polemics and political interventionsThe 11 essays in this volume, including a new piece by Badiou himself, reflect the formative traditions that shape the background of his political thought. They intervene critically and evaluate the present state of Badiou's work, while also breaking new ground and creating new thresholds of political thought.The contributors are a range of established scholars and rising theorists of the Badiou-effect. Each engages with the critical question of 'how to transmit the exception' politically. at the intersection of contemporary anti-imperial polemics and debates that strike at the heart of the post-modern condition (Lyotard), deconstruction (Derrida), psychoanalysis (Lacan - Zizek), biopolitics (Hardt and Negri) and pedagogy (Rancière).Key FeaturesAddresses the entire range of Badiou's political interventions and polemicsIncludes a chapter by Badiou: 'From Logic to Anthropology: Affirmative Dialectics'Investigates the anti-imperialist edge of his philosophy of truthBrings together his opposition to parliamentary politics with his trenchant critique of biopolitics
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 10. Jan 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (288 pages)
ISBN:9780748678815
DOI:10.1515/9780748678815

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