Manifesto for Philosophy - Paperback

by Alain Badiou (Author), Norman Madarasz (Other), Norman Madarasz (Introduction by)

Introduction
Manifesto for Philosophy

1. Possibility


2. Conditions


3. Modernity


4. Heidegger Viewed as Commonplace


5. Nihilism?


6. Sutures


7. The Age of Poets


8. Events


9. Questions


10. Platonic Gesture


11. Generic


The (Re)turn of Philosophy Itself


Definition of Philosophy


Chapter Notes


Notes on the Translation


Bibliography


Contributors


Index

Author Biography

Alain Badiou is Professor of Philosophy at Université Paris 8--"Vincennes at Saint-Denis," Saint-Denis, France. He is also Conference Director at the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris. He has published extensively and his books include Théorie du sujet, Peut-on penser la politique? and Casser en duex l'histoire du monde? among others.