The Pornographic Age

Offering a piercing indictment of what we have let ourselves become, this short, critical work is a damning critique of the current age and of the democratic systems that characterize it.Alain Badiou argues that any truly radical politics must begin with dismantling the obscene (or pornographic) qualities of neoliberal capitalism. In he asks us to hold up a mirror to ourselves and confront the debasement of the political realities in which we live, the shock of which must galvanize us into action. It is only through this realization, this crucial confrontation with the perversity with which we conduct our daily lives that we can prompt true revolution.Including an afterword from international Badiou scholars A. J. Bartlett and Justin Clemens and a commentary by William Watkin, this book is a philosophical call to arms: Badiou''s radical indictment of the current age is an exciting, no-holds-barred exploration of both how we live and how we might live.>

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• Authors: Alain Badiou, Alain (Ecole Normale Superieure Badiou
• Assisted by: A J Bartlett (Translation), A. J. Bartlett (Translation), Adam Bartlett (Translation), Justin Clemens (Translation), Justin (University of Melbourne) Clemens (Translation)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781350014794
• ISBN: 978-1-350-01479-4
• No. of pages: 136
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political Economy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism, Political ideologies and movements