Alain Badiou live theory Oliver Feltham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feltham, Oliver, author.

Series:

Live Theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Badiou, Alain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York, NY Continuum 2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Alain Badiou is undoubtedly the most exciting and influential voice in contemporary French philosophy and one of the most important theorists at work today. His impact on continental philosophy and the wider philosophy community, politics and the arts in the last twenty years has been immense. Alain Badiou: Live Theory offers a concise and accessible introduction to his work and thought, laying out the central themes of his major works, including his magnum opus, Being and Event, and its long-awaited sequel, Logics of Worlds. Oliver Feltham explores the fundamental questions through which Badiou's philosophy constantly evolves, identifies the key turning points in his ideas, and makes a clear case for the coherence and powerful singularity of his thought when employed in the analysis of political and artistic situations. Feltham examines the thinkers and theorists with whom Badiou has engaged and who have engaged with him, arguing that Badiou's work is compelling precisely because it opens up new genealogies and new polemics in the intellectual landscape. The book includes a brand new interview with Badiou, in which he discusses his current concerns and future plans. This is the ideal companion to study for students and readers encountering this fascinating thinker for the first time

Contents:

The Althusserian years : epistemology and the production of change

Maoism and the dialectic

Set-theory ontology and the modelling of change

Live Badiou

1. The Althusserian Years:

Epistemology and the production of change

Introduction

I. Structural Change in Society

II. Structural Change in Knowledge: science and ideology

III.The Mathematical Concept of Model and Scientific Change

2. Maoism and the dialectic

I. The Maoist turn: the Primacy of Practice

II. The Structural Dialectic and its Periodization

III.Consistency and the Historical Dialectic

3. Set theory ontology and the modeling of change

Introduction: the subtraction of Maoism

I. Set theory ontology

II. The Event and the Intervention

III Forcing and the Generic

IV. Method

4. Interview with Alain Badiou

Further Reading

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [152]-157) and index

ISBN:

9786613123138

9781472546098

1472546091

9781283123136

1283123134

9781441193742

144119374X

OCLC:

727649548