The End: A Conversation (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

The End: A Conversation (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

The notion of 'the end' has long occupied philosophical thought. In light of the horrors of the twentieth century, some writers have gone so far as to declare the end of philosophy itself, emphasizing the impossibility of thinking after Auschwitz. In this book the distinguished philosopher Alain

Black: The Brilliance of a Non-Color (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

Who hasn't had the frightening experience of stumbling around in the pitch dark? Alain Badiou experienced that primitive terror when he, with his young friends, made up a game called 'The Stroke of Midnight.' The furtive discovery of the dark continent of sex in banned magazines, the beauty of

Lacan: Anti-Philosophy 3 (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

Alain Badiou is arguably the most significant philosopher in Europe today. Badiou's seminars, given annually on major conceptual and historical topics, constitute an enormously important part of his work. They served as laboratories for his thought and public illuminations of his complex ideas yet

Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

Alain Badiou, one of the most powerful voices in contemporary French philosophy, shows how our prevailing ethical principles serve ultimately to reinforce an ideology of the status quo and fail to provide a framework for an effective understanding of the concept of

Introducing Alain Badiou: A Graphic Guide (Piero)(Paperback)

After Slavoj Zizek, Frenchman Alain Badiou--whose work ranges from novels, poems, romanop ras, and political treatises to math theory--is probably the world's best-known living philosopher. Featuring the brilliantly idiosyncratic illustrations of Piero, this incisive graphic guide is written by

The Rebirth of History (Badiou Alain)(Pevná vazba)

Malebranche: Theological Figure, Being 2 (Badiou Alain)(Pevná vazba)

Alain Badiou is perhaps the world's most significant living philosopher. In his annual seminars on major topics and pivotal figures, Badiou developed vital aspects of his thinking on a range of subjects that he would go on to explore in his influential works. In this seminar, Badiou offers a tour

Being and Event (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

Since the book's first publication in 1988, Alain Badiou's Being and Event has established itself of one of the most important and controversial works in contemporary philosophy and its author as one of the most influential thinkers of our time. Being and Event is a comprehensive statement of

Logics of Worlds: Being and Event II (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

Logics of Worlds is the sequel to Alain Badiou's masterpiece, Being and Event. Tackling the questions that had been left open by Being and Event, and answering many of his critics in the process, Badiou supplements his pioneering treatment of multiple being with a daring and complex theory of the

Metapolitics (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

Badiou indicts this approach, which reduces politics to a matter of opinion, thus eliminating any of its truly radical and emancipatory possibilities. Against this intellectual tradition, Badiou proposes instead the consideration of politics in terms of the production of truth and the affirmation

Trump (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States sent shockwaves across the globe. How was such an outcome even possible? In two lectures given at American universities in the immediate aftermath of the election, the leading French philosopher Alain Badiou helps us to make sense of

German Philosophy: A Dialogue (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

Two eminent French philosophers discuss German philosophy--including the legacy of Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Adorno, Fichte, Marx, and Heidegger--from a French perspective.In this book, Alain Badiou and Jean-Luc Nancy, the two most important living philosophers in France, discuss German philosophy

The True Life (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

'I'm 79 years old. So why on earth should I concern myself with speaking about youth?' This is the question with which renowned French philosopher Alain Badiou begins his passionate plea to the young. Today young people, at least in the West, are on the brink of a new world. With the decline of old

Communist Hypothesis (Badiou Alain)(Paperback / softback)

'We know that communism is the right hypothesis. All those who abandon this hypothesis immediately resign themselves to the market economy, to parliamentary democracy--the form of state suited to capitalism--and to the inevitable and 'natural' character of the most monstrous inequalities.'--Alain

Deleuze, 16: The Clamor of Being (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

The works of Gilles Deleuze -- on cinema, literature, painting, and philosophy -- have made him one of the most widely read thinkers of his generation. This compact critical volume is not only a powerful reappraisal of Deleuze's thought, but also the first major work by Alain Badiou available in

In Praise Of Love (Badiou Alain)(Paperback / softback)

The author takes on contemporary 'dating agency' conceptions of love that come complete with zero-risk insurance. He develops a new take on love that sees it as an adventure, and an opportunity for re-invention, in a constant exploration of otherness and difference that leads the individual out of

After Finitude: An Essay on the Necessity of Contingency (Meillassoux Quentin)(Paperback)

From the preface by Alain Badiou: It is no exaggeration to say that Quentin Meillassoux has opened up a new path in the history of philosophy, understood here as the history of what it is to know ... This remarkable 'critique of critique' is introduced here without embellishment, cutting straight

There (Tm)S No Such Thing as a Sexual Relationship: Two Lessons on Lacan (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

Published in 1973, 'L'Etourdit' was one of the French philosopher Jacques Lacan's most important works. The book posed questions that traversed the entire body of Lacan's psychoanalytical explorations, including his famous idea that 'there is no such thing as a sexual relationship,' which seeks to

I Know There Are So Many of You (Badiou Alain)(Pevná vazba)

The history of humanity has only just begun. The Neolithic Revolution may have endowed us with unparalleled means of communication, subsistence and knowledge acquisition. However, it is clear in today's world that inequality, power hierarchies and violence persist on a greater scale than ever

The Conversation (Norgate Stephanie)(Paperback)

In The Conversation, Stephanie Norgate explores relationships between nature and the city, the past and present and character and writer. Shaped through both speech and storytelling, these visual, sensuous and imaginative poems celebrate friendship, even in grief, closeness in times of isolation

Alain Resnais: Interviews (Higgins Lynn A.)(Paperback)

Among the most innovative and influential filmmakers of the twentieth century, Alain Resnais (1922-2014) did not originally set out to become a director. He trained as an actor and film editor and, during the sixty-eight years of his working life, delved into virtually every corner of filmmaking,

The Cinema Hypothesis: Teaching Cinema in the Classroom and Beyond (Bergala Alain)(Paperback)

This is the first English translation of Alain Bergala's seminal text on the potentials, possibilities, and problems of bringing film to schools and other educational contexts. Based on the author's own experiences of writing about and teaching film as well as serving as an adviser to then-Minister

The Tears of the Black Man (Mabanckou Alain)(Paperback)

In The Tears of the Black Man, award-winning author Alain Mabanckou explores what it means to be black in the world today. Mabanckou confronts the long and entangled history of Africa, France, and the United States as it has been shaped by slavery, colonialism, and their legacy today. Without