Badiou's 'Being and Event': A Reader's Guide

by Christopher Norris

Overview

Alain Badiou's Being and Event is the most original and significant work of French philosophy to have appeared in recent decades. It is the magnum opus of a thinker who is widely considered to have re-shaped the character and set new terms for the future development of philosophy in France and elsewhere. This book has been written very much with a view to clarifying Badiou's complex and demanding work for non-specialist readers. It offers guidance on philosophical and intellectual context, key themes, reading the text, reception and influence; and further reading.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826498281
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/24/2009
Series:	Reader's Guides
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Christopher Norris is the author of numerous books on aspects of philosophy, critical theory, and modern intellectual history. He is Distinguished Research Professor in Philosophy at the University of Cardiff and has taught at many universities in India, Australia, Spain, Germany, Canada, China, the US, and elsewhere.

Table of Contents

1. Context
2. Overview of Themes
3. Reading the Text
4. Notes on Further Reading
Index

Editorial Reviews

'With exemplary elegance and acumen, the book clarifies, explicates and makes accessible, without hint of reduction, the thought og this most compelling, but difficult, of contemporary thinkers ... Everyone engaged in contemporary philosophy or theory should read this book.' Professor Patricia Waugh, Durham University, UK

'Norris approaches the task of reading Being and Event" in a refreshingly straightforward way.' - Marx & Philosophy Review of Books

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