Ahmed the Philosopher: Thirty-Four Short Plays for Children & Everyone Else

by Alain Badiou

Book Overview

English-speaking readers might be surprised to learn that Alain Badiou writes fiction and plays along with his philosophical works and that they are just as important to understanding his larger intellectual project. In Ahmed the Philosopher, Badiou's most entertaining and accessible play, translated into English here for the first time, readers are introduced to Badiou's philosophy through a theatrical tour de force that has met with much...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231166931
• ISBN13: 9780231166935
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"