The Politics of Logic: Badiou, Wittgenstein, and the Consequences of Formalism

By Paul Livingston

Book Overview

In this book, Livingston develops the political implications of formal results obtained over the course of the twentieth century in set theory, metalogic, and computational theory. He shows how the formal results can transfigure two interrelated and ancient problems of the One and the Many: the problem of the relationship of a Form or Idea to the many of its participants, and the problem of the relationship of a social whole to its many constituents.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138016764
• ISBN13: 9781138016767
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"