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Infinite Thought: Truth and the Return of Philosophy

Infinite Thought: Truth and the Return of Philosophy

by Alain Badiou (Author), OliverFeltham (Editor), JustinClemens (Editor)

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    Paperback 2004

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Synopsis

Alain Badiou is already regarded as one of the most original and powerful voices in contemporary European thought. Almost alone among his peers, his work promises a radical renewal of philosophy. Influenced by Plato, Lucretius, Heidegger, Lacan and Deleuze, Badiou is a critic of both the analytical and the postmodern schools of thought. His work spans the range of philosophy, from ethics, to mathematics to science, psychoanalysis, politics and art. His writing is rigorous and startling and takes no prisoners. Infinite Thought brings together a representative selection of the range of Alain Badiou's work, illustrating the power and diversity of his thought. The pieces, including the final interview, are chosen for their accessibility to readers new to the work of a philosopher who is doing no less than changing the way we think about the world.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Published: 01 Mar 2004
ISBN 10: 0826473202
ISBN 13: 9780826473202

Media Reviews
'One of the many excellences of the work of the French philosopher Alain Badiou is that he not only declares the end of the end of philosophy but then goes ahead and writes philosophy in a way that is both innovative and classical, that engages and surpasses the tradition.' La Times; 'Alain Badiou enacts a return to full-blown philosophy, striking as a thunder into the morass of postmodernist sophisms and platitudes. His work aims at the very heart of politically correct radical intellectuals, undermining the foundations of their mode of life!' - Slavoj Zizek
Author Bio
Alain Badiou teaches at the Ecole Normale Superieure and at the College International de Philosophie in Paris. He has published a number of major works, many of which have been translated into English. Continuum will be publishing his magnum opus, Being and Event, and a selection called Alain Badiou: Theoretical Writings.