Alain Badiou

Ahmed the Philosopher

Thirty-Four Short Plays for Children & Everyone Else
Übersetzung:Litvak, Joseph

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Produktbeschreibung

English-speaking readers might be surprised to learn that Alain Badiou writes fiction and plays along with his philosophical works and that they are just as important to understanding his larger intellectual project. In Ahmed the Philosopher, Badious most entertaining and accessible play, translated into English here for the first time, readers are introduced to Badious philosophy through a theatrical tour de force that has met with much success in France.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Altersempfehlung: von 5 bis 12 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9780231166935
• ISBN-10: 0231166931
• Artikelnr.: 40095133

Autorenporträt

Alain Badiou (PhD, Philosophy, Ecole Normale Superieure) holds the Rene Descartes Chair at the European Graduate School; he also teaches at the Ecole Normale Superieure and the College International de Philosophie in Paris. He is the author of several successful novels and plays as well as more than a dozen philosophical works, including his masterwork, Being and Event (Continuum, 2007), and several Columbia titles, includng Plato's Republic (2013) and Jacques Lacan Past and Present (2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the English Translation of Ahmed philosophe
Translator's Introduction: Badiou the Comedian/Ahmed the Philosopher
Ahmed the Philosopher
Notes

Rezensionen

"This is a terrific translation of an intriguing play. In it, Badiou translates the most fundamental elements of his philosophy, including his critique of multiculturalism, his theory of the event, and his ruminations on love, into a vivid, dramatic form. This text would make an excellent introduction to Badiou." - Martin Puchner, author of The Drama of Ideas: Platonic Provocations in Theater and Philosophy