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The first dictionary dedicated to Badiou's work, bringing together over 35 leading scholars. Badiou's work has an incredible breadth of engagement, and has caused a worldwide stir in academic and non-academic circles. The 200 entries in this dictionary give expert insights into his work while also reflecting the crucial divergences in Badiou scholarship in a productive and enlightening way. - 150 main entries look at Badiou's ideas and influences, from 'capital/ism (parliamentarocapitalism)' and 'equality' to 'transcendental regime' and 'void (unicity)'- A further 50 linking entries link…mehr

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The first dictionary dedicated to Badiou's work, bringing together over 35 leading scholars. Badiou's work has an incredible breadth of engagement, and has caused a worldwide stir in academic and non-academic circles. The 200 entries in this dictionary give expert insights into his work while also reflecting the crucial divergences in Badiou scholarship in a productive and enlightening way. - 150 main entries look at Badiou's ideas and influences, from 'capital/ism (parliamentarocapitalism)' and 'equality' to 'transcendental regime' and 'void (unicity)'- A further 50 linking entries link lesser concepts and figures to wider concepts in Badiou's thought- Includes an introduction to using the dictionary and to Badiou's body of work, and a bibliography of further reading- Perfect for readers of any level, whether as an introduction to his ideas or for explication of one of his more complex concepts
'There is no doubt that The Badiou Dictionary will represent a landmark. Its entries provide a series of red threads through the work of one of the most important contemporary thinkers, written with clarity and based on vast scholarship. Steven Corcoran has gathered a most impressive group of outstanding scholars, each with an independent voice. Indispensible for beginners and a treat for all who have been following the development of Badiou's thought over the last decades.' Mladen Dolar, University of Ljubljana The first dictionary dedicated to the ambitious philosophical project of Alain Badiou Alain Badiou's philosophical project is a genuine system in the traditional sense. It profoundly shakes up the field of thought as well as offering fresh insights into contemporary events. His concepts are becoming indispensable tools in a variety of fields, from philosophy to anthropology, including art, politics and theatre. From Antiphilosophy to Worlds and from Beckett to Wittgenstein, over 90 entries in this dictionary, provide detailed explanations and engagements with his key concepts and some of his major interlocutors. They also reflect the crucial divergences in Badiou scholarship in a productive and enlightening way. Written by leading commentators from around the world, including Justin Clemens, François Nicolas, Christopher Norris and Alenka Zupancic this dictionary will guide beginners through Badiou's complex philosophical system and give specialist readers advanced critical insights. Steven Corcoran is a researcher at the Berlin University of the Arts.
Autorenporträt
Steven Corcoran has translated numerous works by French and German philosophers, including Jacques Rancière and Alain Badiou, and is the editor of The Badiou Dictionary, published by Edinburgh University Press.