A nice little review, originally appearing in the Irish Left Review, of Badiou’s new book. A paragraph at the end (about two other books) has been cut. Reading Badiou Seán Sheehan Alain Badiou could be the most important philosopher alive today – time will tell – and his work is gradually reaching English-speaking readers. His magnum [...]
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Studying Badiou
A group of us in Chicago have begun what we’re calling the Communist Hypothesis Study Circle. The name, of course, comes from Badiou’s recent (and quite excellent) book of that title. Someone suggested it might be useful to post our schedule of readings here, for possible use by others who may be interested in doing [...]
Badiou: on the way to Being & Event
Although he may have received little attention here for some time, this site maintains an active interest in Alain Badiou and the contribution of his work to the rethinking of the revolutionary project. In the following piece, originally appearing in a very interesting issue of Belgrade-based Prelom magazine, Alberto Toscano is concerned to delineate Badiou’s [...]
John Steele: Badiou — Another Take on Revolutionary Theory
By John Steele What about Alain Badiou, the contemporary philosopher? Like Zizek, he has attracted much attention among people looking for new avenues both intellectually and politically. A friend in Latin American studies has told me his name is everywhere in Latin American intellectual circles. Badiou’s background is within Marxism and Maoism. He was a [...]
John Steele: When Everything Seems to Change — Badiou and the Event
Both structure and conjuncture deeply impact politics — and the tension between them runs through revolutionary theory and debates. How much is it the very structure of class society that gives rise to a revolutionary people, and how much is it exceptional moments and crisis within particular societies? Why did a great eruption of consciousness [...]
J. Ramsey: Thoughts on Badiou’s HardTalk Interview
The following contribution was written as commentary on an interview philosopher Alain Badiou did with the BBC. The interview is a relatively accessible statement of his views on reclaiming communism — made for the broad television audience. We are reposting the video, and then below that, J.’s remarks. HardTalk with Alain Badiou: Some Thoughts on [...]
Badiou & Nepal: Battlegrounds Over Communist Reconception
Nando wrote the following piece as a commentary on Stephen Mauldin’s Badiou 101 for the RCP,USA. By Nando Sims Clarity writes a single sentence comment: “It should be made crystal clear that Badiou has explicitly renounced any adherance to Marxism as a system of thought. This raises a question of fact, but also a more [...]
Bill Martin: Dear Professor Badiou… About That RCP Assault
Dear Professor Badiou: About the RCP Assault on Alain Badiou, Philosophy & (Ultimately) Communism Itself By Bill Martin Before we say more about this RCP polemic (“Why Alain Badiou is a Rousseauist… And Why We Should Not Be“) the first thing that needs to be said is that its guiding principle is: “Who needs this [...]
Stephen Mauldin: Badiou 101 for the RCP,USA
Stephen Mauldin has been living and working in China, and has maintained a keen interest in revolutionary developments in Nepal, as well as in developments in revolutionary thinking, particularly that of Badiou, Zizek and others. He blogs here and here as Stefandov. In a recent entry he writes about the RCP’s recent release of [...]
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