Philosophy for Militants

A philosophical handbook for activists, from the author of "Communist Hypothesis". Provides a philosophical grounding for radical students, the young, workers and immigrants. 'A figure like Plato or Hegel walks here among us!' Slavoj Zizek

About the author

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.

Summary

Badiou's most accessible book and essential reading for militants everywhere

Additional text

"One of the most important philosophers writing today." -Joan Copjec

"A figure like Plato or Hegel walks here among us!" -Slavoj iek

"An heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser." -New Statesman

From the Hardcover edition.

Product details

• Authors: Alain Badiou, Bruno Bosteels
• Assisted by: Bruno Bosteels (Translation)
• Publisher: Random House USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.05.2015, delayed
• EAN: 9781781688694
• ISBN: 978-1-78168-869-4
• No. of pages: 122
• Series: Pocket Communism; Pocket Communism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education