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==Book Description==
 
==Book Description==
''The Adventure of French Philosophy'' is essential reading for anyone interested in what Badiou calls the “French moment” in contemporary thought.
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''The Adventure of [[French]] [[Philosophy]]'' is essential [[reading]] for anyone interested in what [[Badiou]] calls the “French moment” in contemporary [[thought]].
  
Badiou explores the exceptionally rich and varied world of French philosophy in a number of groundbreaking essays, published here for the first time in English or in a revised translation. Included are the often-quoted review of Louis Althusser’s canonical works ''For Marx'' and ''Reading Capital'' and the scathing critique of “potato fascism” in Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s ''A Thousand Plateaus''. There are also talks on Michel Foucault and Jean-Luc Nancy, and reviews of the work of Jean-François Lyotard and Barbara Cassin, notable points of interest on an expansive tour of modern French thought.
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Badiou explores the exceptionally rich and varied [[world]] of French philosophy in a [[number]] of groundbreaking essays, published here for the first [[time]] in [[English]] or in a revised [[translation]]. Included are the often-quoted review of Louis Althusser’s canonical works ''For [[Marx]]'' and ''Reading [[Capital]]'' and the scathing critique of “potato fascism” in Gilles [[Deleuze]] and Félix Guattari’s ''A Thousand Plateaus''. There are also talks on Michel [[Foucault]] and [[Jean-Luc Nancy]], and reviews of the [[work]] of Jean-François Lyotard and Barbara Cassin, notable points of interest on an expansive tour of modern French thought.
  
Guided by a small set of fundamental questions concerning the nature of being, the event, the subject, and truth, Badiou pushes to an extreme the polemical force of his thinking. Against the formless continuum of life, he posits the need for radical discontinuity; against the false modesty of finitude, he pleads for the mathematical infinity of everyday situations; against the various returns to Kant, he argues for the persistence of the Hegelian dialectic; and against the lure of ultraleftism, his texts from the 1970s vindicate the role of Maoism as a driving force behind the communist Idea.
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Guided by a small set of fundamental questions concerning the [[nature]] of [[being]], the [[event]], the [[subject]], and [[truth]], Badiou pushes to an extreme the polemical force of his [[thinking]]. Against the formless continuum of [[life]], he posits the [[need]] for radical discontinuity; against the [[false]] [[modesty]] of [[finitude]], he pleads for the [[mathematical]] infinity of everyday situations; against the various returns to [[Kant]], he argues for the persistence of the [[Hegelian]] [[dialectic]]; and against the [[lure]] of ultraleftism, his [[texts]] from the 1970s vindicate the [[role]] of Maoism as a driving force behind the [[communist]] [[Idea]].

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Books by Alain Badiou

The Adventure of French Philosophy.jpg

Book Description

The Adventure of French Philosophy is essential reading for anyone interested in what Badiou calls the “French moment” in contemporary thought.

Badiou explores the exceptionally rich and varied world of French philosophy in a number of groundbreaking essays, published here for the first time in English or in a revised translation. Included are the often-quoted review of Louis Althusser’s canonical works For Marx and Reading Capital and the scathing critique of “potato fascism” in Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus. There are also talks on Michel Foucault and Jean-Luc Nancy, and reviews of the work of Jean-François Lyotard and Barbara Cassin, notable points of interest on an expansive tour of modern French thought.

Guided by a small set of fundamental questions concerning the nature of being, the event, the subject, and truth, Badiou pushes to an extreme the polemical force of his thinking. Against the formless continuum of life, he posits the need for radical discontinuity; against the false modesty of finitude, he pleads for the mathematical infinity of everyday situations; against the various returns to Kant, he argues for the persistence of the Hegelian dialectic; and against the lure of ultraleftism, his texts from the 1970s vindicate the role of Maoism as a driving force behind the communist Idea.