Philosophy in the Present

by Alain Badiou, Slavoj Zizel, Slavoj Žižek

Book Overview

Two controversial thinkers discuss a timeless but nonetheless urgent question: should philosophy intervene in the world?

Nothing less than philosophy is at stake because, according to Badiou, philosophy is intervention and commitment and will not be restrained by academic discipline. Philosophy is concerned with novel extraordinary truths, and yet speaks in the name of all - as Badiou shows in his theory of universality.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745640974
• ISBN13: 9780745640976
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.8" x 7.4"