Infinite Thought: Truth and the Return of Philosophy - Hardcover

Badiou, Alain

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9780826467249: Infinite Thought: Truth and the Return of Philosophy

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ISBN 10: 0826467245 ISBN 13: 9780826467249

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2003

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Alain Badiou is regarded as one of the most original and powerful voices in 21st century European thought. Influenced by Plato, Lucretius, Heidegger, Lacan and Deleuze, Badiou is a critic of both the analytical and the postmodern schools of thought. His work spans the range of philosophy, from ethics, to mathematics to science, psychoanalysis, politics and art. This volume brings together a representative selection of the range of Alain Badiou's work, illustrating the power and diversity of his thought. The pieces, including the final interview, are chosen for their accessibility to readers new to his work.

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"Alain Badiou enacts a return to full-blown philosophy, striking as a thunder into the morass of postmodernist sophisms and platitudes. His work aims at the very heart of politically correct radical intellectuals, undermining the foundations of their mode of life!" Slavoj Zizek "One of the most important philosophers writing today." Joan Copjec"

About the Author:

Alain Badiou teaches at the Ecole Normale Superieure and at the College International de Philosophie in Paris. He has published a number of major works, many of which have been translated into English. Continuum will be publishing his magnum opus, Being and Event, and a selection called Alain Badiou: Theoretical Writings.

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