Philosophy, sophistry, antiphilosophy : Badiou's dispute with Lyotard / by Matthew R. McLennan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLennan, Matthew R., author.

Series:

Bloomsbury studies in continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Badiou, Alain.

Lyotard, Jean-François, 1924-1998.

Lyotard, Jean-François.

Lyotard, Jean-François, 1924-1998.

Physical Description:

150 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1 [edition].

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.

Summary:

Matthew R. McLennan's Philosophy, Sophistry, Antiphilosophy is the first work to pose the question of the relation between Lyotard and Badiou, and in so doing constitutes a significant intervention in the field of contemporary European philosophy by revisiting one of its most influential and controversial forefathers. Badiou himself has underscored the importance of Lyotard for his own project; might the recent resurgence of interest in Lyotard be tied in some way to Badiou's comments? Or deeper still: might not Badiou's philosophical Platonism beg an encounter with philosophy's other, the figure of the sophist that Lyotard played so often and so ably? Opening new discursive channels in the literature on these two major figures, this book is of interest to those studying philosophy, rhetoric, literary theory, cultural and media studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Thinking of Being 9

Lyotard's thinking of being 11

Badious thinking of being 29

2 Philosophy in its Relation to Being 49

Lyotard's metaphilosophy 50

Badiou's critique of The Differend 55

3 Demarcations: Philosophy, Sophistry, Antiphilosophy 67

Lyotard, sophiste? 70

Badiou, philosophe? 79

Lyotard, antiphilosphe? 87

4 Ethics and Politics 95

Philosophy as ethical and political vocation: Lyotard 98

Philosophy as ethical and political vocation: Badiou 104

A desire for the One 112.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472574169

1472574168

OCLC:

910964781