Synopses & Reviews
Alain Badiou is one of the worlds most influential living philosophers. Few contemporary thinkers display his breadth of argument and reference or his ability to intervene in debates critical to both analytic and continental philosophy. Alain Badiou: Key Concepts presents an overview of and introduction to the full range of Badious thinking. Contributors focus on the foundations of Badious thought, his key concepts” truth, being, ontology, the subject, and conditions and on his engagement with a range of thinkers central to his philosophy, including Plato, Spinoza, Heidegger, and Deleuze. Students new to Badiou will find this work, written by the key scholars in the field, accessible and comprehensive, while readers already familiar with Badiou will find detailed, focused, and innovative discussions of Badious key themes, concepts, and engagements.
Review
"... for those who have begun reading Badiou and who seek a comprehensive reference of his core concepts, this book is extremely valuable. Each chapter is so rich with textual reference that this book will be helpful in providing much-needed direction in orienting readers new to Badiou's work." Metapsychology Online Reviews
About the Author
A. J. Bartlett teaches at the University of Melbourne and co-edited The Praxis of Alain Badiou with Justin Clemens and Paul Ashton. Justin Clemens teaches at the University of Melbourne and is author of The Romanticism of Contemporary Theory and co-editor of Jacques Lacan and the Other Side of Psychoanalysis and The Jacqueline Rose Reader.