Reflections on Anti-Semitism

Zusatztext “The calm and smiling power [of Segré’s work] lies in the logical rigor with which he reads texts.” —Daniel Bensaïd “French anti-Semitism is a very different animal to the diffuse form that has existed in the UK and these essays … help us comprehend its complexities. Walking round Tel Aviv nowadays you are more likely to hear French spoken than English. Reading these essays it is not difficult to understand why.” — Birmingham Jewish Recorder Informationen zum Autor Alain Badiou teaches philosophy at the E?cole normale supérieure and the Collège international de philosophie in Paris. In addition to several novels, plays and political essays, he has published a number of major philosophical works, including Theory of the Subject , Being and Event , Manifesto for Philosophy , and Gilles Deleuze . His recent books include The Meaning of Sarkozy , Ethics , Metapolitics , Polemics, The Communist Hypothesis , Five Lessons on Wagner , and Wittgenstein's Anti-Philosophy . Eric Hazan is the founder of the publisher La Fabrique and the author of several books, including Notes on the Occupation and the highly acclaimed The Invention of Paris . He has lived in Paris, France, all his life. Ivan Segré is a doctor in philosophy and student of the Talmud who lives in Israel. He is also the author of Qu'appelle-t-on penser Auschwitz ? Shlomo Sand studied history at the University of Tel Aviv and at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales, in Paris. He currently teaches contemporary history at the University of Tel Aviv. His books include The Invention of the Jewish People , On the Nation and the Jewish People , L'Illusion du politique: Georges Sorel et le débat intellectuel 1900 , Georges Sorel en son temps , Le XXe siècle à l'écran and Les Mots et la terre: les intellectuels en Israël . Dissecting how facile accusations of "anti-Semitism"are used to stifle dissent. Zusammenfassung Dissecting how facile accusations of "anti-Semitism"are used to stifle dissent. ...

Product details

• Authors: Alain Badiou, Alain/ Hazan Badiou, Eric Hazan, Ivan Segr, Ivan Segre, Ivan Segré
• Assisted by: Sand Shlomo (Foreword), David Fernbach (Translation)
• Publisher: Random House USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 06.08.2013, delayed
• EAN: 9781781681152
• ISBN: 978-1-78168-115-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Politics & government, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Social discrimination & inequality, Politics and government, Civil rights & citizenship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Civics and citizenship, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Social discrimination and social justice