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Everything in their respective positions [[divides ]] [[them]]: [[Alain ]] [[Badiou ]] is the thinker of a revitalized [[communism ]] and Alain Finkielkraut the mournful [[observer ]] of the [[loss ]] of values. The two opponents, gathered here for their first-ever debate, have [[irreconcilable ]] visions. Yet neither is a stranger to controversy, and in this debate they make [[explicit ]] the grounds of their personal dispute as well as addressing, in a frank and open [[exchange]], their [[ideas ]] and theories.

Guided by Aude Lancelin, the two [[philosophers ]] discuss [[subjects ]] as diverse as national [[identity]], [[Israel ]] and [[Judaism]], May [[1968]], and renewed popularity of the [[idea ]] of communism. Their passionate debate is more than just the sum [[total ]] of their disagreements, however, for neither of them is [[satisfied ]] with the [[state ]] of our [[society ]] or the direction in which its [[political ]] representatives persist in taking it. They agree that there [[needs ]] to be [[change ]] and their confrontation in this volume shows the importance of asking difficult questions, not only of each [[other]], but also of our political systems.