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− | In this bold and provocative work, French philosopher Alain Badiou proposes a startling reinterpretation of St. Paul. For Badiou, Paul is neither the venerable saint embalmed by Christian tradition, nor the venomous priest execrated by philosophers like Nietzsche: he is instead a profoundly original and still revolutionary thinker whose invention of Christianity weaves truth and subjectivity together in a way that continues to be relevant for us today. | + | In this bold and provocative [[work]], [[French]] [[philosopher]] [[Alain]] [[Badiou]] proposes a startling reinterpretation of St. [[Paul]]. For Badiou, Paul is neither the venerable saint embalmed by [[Christian]] [[tradition]], nor the venomous priest execrated by [[philosophers]] like [[Nietzsche]]: he is instead a profoundly original and still revolutionary thinker whose invention of [[Christianity]] weaves [[truth]] and [[subjectivity]] together in a way that continues to be relevant for us today. |
− | In this work, Badiou argues that Paul delineates a new figure of the subject: the bearer of a universal truth that simultaneously shatters the strictures of Judaic Law and the conventions of the Greek Logos. Badiou shows that the Pauline figure of the subject still harbors a genuinely revolutionary potential today: the subject is that which refuses to submit to the order of the world as we know it and struggles for a new one instead. | + | In this work, Badiou argues that Paul delineates a new [[figure]] of the [[subject]]: the bearer of a [[universal]] truth that simultaneously shatters the strictures of Judaic Law and the conventions of the Greek [[Logos]]. Badiou shows that the [[Pauline]] figure of the subject still harbors a genuinely revolutionary potential today: the subject is that which refuses to submit to the [[order]] of the [[world]] as we [[know]] it and struggles for a new one instead. |
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