Images of the present time / Alain Badiou, Susan Spitzer and Kenneth Reinhard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Badiou, Alain, author.

Spitzer, Susan L., author.

Reinhard, Kenneth, author.

Series:

The Seminars of Alain Badiou

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, French--20th century.

Philosophy, French.

Philosophy, French--20th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (472 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Images of the Present Time presents nearly three years of Alain Badiou's seminars, held from 2001 to 2004, which consider the relationship between philosophy and notions of "the present.".

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Editors' Introduction to the English Edition of the Seminars of Alain Badiou

The Seminars of Alain Badiou (1983-2016): General Preface

Introduction to the Seminar Images of Present Time by Kenneth Reinhard

About the 2001-2004 Seminar

Year 1: Contemporary Nihilism

1. Session 1

2. Session 2

3. Session 3

4. Session 4

5. Session 5

6. Session 6

7. Session 7

Year 2: Logic of Exceptions

8. Session 1

9. Session 2

10. Session 3

11. Session 4

12. Session 5

13. Session 6

14. Session 7

15. Session 8

Year 3: What Does it Mean to Live?

16. Session 1

17. Session 2

18. Session 3

19. Session 4

20. Session 5

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Badiou, Alain Images of the Present Time

ISBN:

0-231-54852-4

OCLC:

1353268902