Trump

by Alain Badiou

Book Overview

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 this extraordinary occurrence. He argues that Trump's victory was the symptom of a global crisis made up of four characteristics: the triumph of a brutal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509536078
• ISBN13: 9781509536078
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"