Lacan: Anti-Philosophy 3 (The Seminars of Alain Badiou)

Lacan: Anti-Philosophy 3 (The Seminars of Alain Badiou)

Alain Badiou is arguably the most significant philosopher in Europe today. Badiouâ€™s seminars, given annually on major conceptual and historical topics, constitute an enormously important part of his work. They served as laboratories for his thought and public illuminations of his complex ideas yet remain little known. This book, the transcript of Badiouâ€™s year-long seminar on the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan, is the first volume of his seminars to be published in English, opening up a new and vital aspect of his thinking.

In a highly original and compelling account of Lacanâ€™s theory and therapeutic practice, Badiou considers the challenge that Lacan poses to fundamental philosophical topics such as being, the subject, and truth. Badiou argues that Lacan is a singular figure of the â€œanti-philosopher,â€ a series of thinkers stretching back to Saint Paul and including Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, with Lacan as the last great anti-philosopher of modernity. The book offers a forceful reading of an enigmatic yet foundational thinker and sheds light on the crucial role that Lacan plays in Badiouâ€™s own thought. This seminar, more accessible than some of Badiouâ€™s more difficult works, will be profoundly valuable for the many readers across academic disciplines, art and literature, and political activism who find his thought essential.
Country USA
Brand Columbia University Press
Manufacturer Columbia University Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780231171489
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780231171489
ReleaseDate 2018-09-25

Country	USA
Brand	Columbia University Press
Manufacturer	Columbia University Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780231171489
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780231171489
ReleaseDate	2018-09-25

Lacan: Anti-Philosophy 3 (The Seminars of Alain Badiou)

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