Engagement and transcendence: the militant philosophy of Alain Badiou
Titel:
Engagement and transcendence: the militant philosophy of Alain Badiou
Auteur:
Hewlett, Nick
Verschenen in:
Modern & contemporary France
Paginering:
Jaargang 12 (2004) nr. 3 pagina's 335-352
Jaar:
2004-08
Inhoud:
Alain Badiou's thought combines reflexions on notions of the event, subject, truth and being, in a system that is among the most innovative in Western philosophy today. Influenced both by classical philosophy and by modern French theorists such as Althusser and Lacan, Badiou insists nevertheless that philosophy must learn to be a tool that is subordinate to, albeit uniquely placed to understand, developments in the crucial realms of science, art, emancipatory politics and love. His theory is also shaped by many years of political activism, broadly speaking in a spirit of faithfulness to the legacy of May 1968. All of this constitutes a considerable departure from much contemporary philosophy, which, in one way or another, tends to confirm the legitimacy of the established order. However, despite Badiou's intention to explain change in the form of events and their consequences, his theory does not seem able to account adequately for movement, which is a serious shortcoming.
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