The Badiou Dictionary (Philosophical Dictionaries) - Softcover

Steven Corcoran

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748640967 ISBN 13: 9780748640966

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Alain Badiou's philosophical project is a genuine system in the traditional sense. It profoundly shakes up the field of thought as well as offering fresh insights into contemporary events. His concepts are becoming indispensable tools in a variety of fields, from philosophy to anthropology, including art, politics and theatre. From Antiphilosophy to Worlds and from Beckett to Wittgenstein, over 90 entries in this dictionary provide detailed explanations and engagements with his key concepts and some of his major interlocutors. They also reflect the crucial divergences in Badiou scholarship in a productive and enlightening way.

About this title

About the Author

Steven Corcoran is a writer and translator living in Berlin.

From the Back Cover

'There is no doubt that The Badiou Dictionary will represent a landmark. Its entries provide a series of red threads through the work of one of the most important contemporary thinkers, written with clarity and based on vast scholarship. Steven Corcoran has gathered a most impressive group of outstanding scholars, each with an independent voice. Indispensible for beginners and a treat for all who have been following the development of Badiou's thought over the last decades.' Mladen Dolar, University of Ljubljana The first dictionary dedicated to the ambitious philosophical project of Alain Badiou Alain Badiou's philosophical project is a genuine system in the traditional sense. It profoundly shakes up the field of thought as well as offering fresh insights into contemporary events. His concepts are becoming indispensable tools in a variety of fields, from philosophy to anthropology, including art, politics and theatre. From Antiphilosophy to Worlds and from Beckett to Wittgenstein, over 90 entries in this dictionary, provide detailed explanations and engagements with his key concepts and some of his major interlocutors. They also reflect the crucial divergences in Badiou scholarship in a productive and enlightening way. Written by leading commentators from around the world, including Justin Clemens, François Nicolas, Christopher Norris and Alenka Zupančič this dictionary will guide beginners through Badiou's complex philosophical system and give specialist readers advanced critical insights. Steven Corcoran is a researcher at the Berlin University of the Arts.

From the Inside Flap

'There is no doubt that The Badiou Dictionary will represent a landmark. Its entries provide a series of red threads through the work of one of the most important contemporary thinkers, written with clarity and based on vast scholarship. Steven Corcoran has gathered a most impressive group of outstanding scholars, each with an independent voice. Indispensible for beginners and a treat for all who have been following the development of Badiou s thought over the last decades.'Mladen Dolar, University of LjubljanaThe first dictionary dedicated to the ambitious philosophical project of Alain BadiouAlain Badiou s philosophical project is a genuine system in the traditional sense. It profoundly shakes up the field of thought as well as offering fresh insights into contemporary events. His concepts are becoming indispensable tools in a variety of fields, from philosophy to anthropology, including art, politics and theatre.From Antiphilosophy to Worlds and from Beckett to Wittgenstein, over 90 entries in this dictionary, provide detailed explanations and engagements with his key concepts and some of his major interlocutors. They also reflect the crucial divergences in Badiou scholarship in a productive and enlightening way.Written by leading commentators from around the world, including Justin Clemens, François Nicolas, Christopher Norris and Alenka Zupancic this dictionary will guide beginners through Badiou s complex philosophical system and give specialist readers advanced critical insights.Steven Corcoran is a researcher at the Berlin University of the Arts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748640967
• ISBN 13: 9780748640966
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424
• Editor: Steven Corcoran