Who is alain badiou

Number and Numbers. Peut-on penser la politique? Seuil, De quoi Sarkozy est-il le nom? Nouvelles Lignes, The Century , Badiou, Alain. The Century. Translated by Zachary Fraser and Tzuchien Tho. Pluriel, Polemics , Badiou, Alain. Being and Event , Badiou, Alain. Being and Event. Translated by Oliver Feltham. Translated by Norman Madarasz. State University of New York Press, Metapolitics , Badiou, Alain.

Translated by Jason Barker. Handbook of Inaesthetics , Badiou, Alain. Handbook of Inaesthetics. Stanford University Press, Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil. Translated by Peter Hallward. Theoretical Writings , Badiou, Alain. Theoretical Writings. Infinite Thought: Truth and the Return to Philosophy.

On Beckett , Badiou, Alain. On Beckett. Edited by Nina Power. Clinamen Press, Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism. Translated by Ray Brassier. Translated by Karin Karabaczek-Schreiner. ISBN : Deleuze: The Clamor of Being. University of Minnesota Press, Manifesto for Philosophy , Badiou, Alain. Manifesto for Philosophy. Presses Universitaires de France, Deleuze: Coup double , Badiou, Alain. Deleuze: Coup double. Hachette, Calme Bloc Ici-Bas. Les Citrouilles , Badiou, Alain.

Les Citrouilles. Actes du Sud, Ahmed le Subtil , Badiou, Alain. Ahmed le Subtil. Hatier, Editions Osiris, Le Nombre et les Nombre , Badiou, Alain. Le Nombre et les Nombre. Manifeste pour la Philosophie , Badiou, Alain. Manifeste pour la Philosophie.

Peut-on Penser la Politique? Mossot, and J. Maspero, Almagestes , Badiou, Alain. Badiou, Alain. Translated by Robin Mackay, xi-xvii. Badiou, Alain, and Eric Hazan. In each domain, the truth of the event gives rise to a subject, as we have seen already in the case of love: politics, giving rise to a revolution, gives rise to its subject; science, giving rise to totally new discoveries, similarly gives rise to its subject; art, in bringing forth that which is original and unanticipated, also gives rise to the subject of art.

For Badiou, by contrast, nothing, the void, the empty space pre-exists a subject; it is not equivalent to a subject. Thus truth is the realm of the infinite; it is not a finitude, as knowledge often proposes.

Consequently, the event, too, participates in the infinite. With knowledge, a particular entity or phenomenal form is presented as truth.

This cannot be; for truth as the infinite is universal not particular. Another implication drawn from this by Badiou is that truth has nothing to do with hermeneutics or interpretation.

The latter is always concerned with finitude, never with the infinite. Meaning finitude and truth are thus at odds with each other, even in psychoanalysis, in relation to which Badiou still maintains his view that analysis is about truth more than it is about interpretation.

As Marx, said, interpretation changes nothing. In addition, the idea of subjectivation that Badiou works with, coupled with the notion of faith provides a refreshing counter to cynicism and nihilism. On the other hand, difficulties arise when it comes to evaluating events that have taken place and forms of subjectivation that have come into being. These would include: Nazism, Stalinism, and aspects of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, or even art as pure narcissism.

These may well be events, but what is the truth they convey? Partly, at least, that it would have been better had they not taken place. In effect, Badiou spends so much time using sophisticated mathematical axioms demonstrating what an event is and how it is imbued with truth — always a term to capture attention — that what is happening — today, as well as in the past — very much takes second place.

The extent to which such evaluation would also involve interpretation not in the realm of truth for Badiou remains an open question. Jason Baker, New York: Verso. Alberto Tascano, London: Clinaman Press. Peter Hallward, New York: Verso.

Paris: Seuil. You must be logged in to post a comment. Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply You must be logged in to post a comment. With the sense of reality presented in the mediation of a work of art, it is immanent and unique, with the sense of reality found only in art and art. Philosophy Information portal about Philosophy and Philosophers.

Search for:. Category Philosophers. Archimedes Archimedes Who? And having lots of children? He continues,. I am really interested in the time love endures. One has to understand that love invents a different way of lasting in life. In conclusion, love is not only the encounter, as the romantic view suggests, nor is it a cover for sexual desire, as the skeptical view suggests.

It is an event that cannot be explained by the situation that brought it about, followed by a hard work that makes this love lasts.

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