Examines the political thinking of French philosopher of Alain Badiou, whose theories of ontology and mathematics have set him apart from many of his post-structuralist contemporaries.
Examines the political thinking of French philosopher of Alain Badiou, whose theories of ontology and mathematics have set him apart from many of his post-structuralist contemporaries.
Bruno Bosteels is Professor of Romance Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of several books, including Alain Badiou, une trajectoire polémique and The Actuality of Communism, and the translator of Theory of the Subject and Wittgenstein’s Antiphilosophy, both by Alain Badiou.
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Preface ix Acknowledgments xxi Introduction. Elements of Dialectical Materialism 1 1. The Absent Cause 45 2. Lack and Destruction 77 3. One Divides into Two 110 4. The Ontological Impasse 157 5. Forcing the Truth 174 6. Logics of Change 197 7. From Potentiality to Inexistence 226 8. For Lack of Politics 250 Conclusion. The Speculative Left 273 In Dialogue with Alain Badiou Appendix 1. Can Change Be Thought? 289 Appendix 2. Beyond Formalism 318 Notes 351 Selected Bibliography 407 Index 423
Preface ix Acknowledgments xxi Introduction. Elements of Dialectical Materialism 1 1. The Absent Cause 45 2. Lack and Destruction 77 3. One Divides into Two 110 4. The Ontological Impasse 157 5. Forcing the Truth 174 6. Logics of Change 197 7. From Potentiality to Inexistence 226 8. For Lack of Politics 250 Conclusion. The Speculative Left 273 In Dialogue with Alain Badiou Appendix 1. Can Change Be Thought? 289 Appendix 2. Beyond Formalism 318 Notes 351 Selected Bibliography 407 Index 423
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