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The True Life (Hardcover)
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The True Life (Hardcover)
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'I'm 79 years old. So why on earth should I concern myself with
speaking about youth?' This is the question with which renowned
French philosopher Alain Badiou begins his passionate plea to the
young. Today young people, at least in the West, are on the brink
of a new world. With the decline of old traditions, they now face
more choices than ever before. Yet powerful forces are pushing them
in dangerous directions, into the vortex of consumerism or into
reactive forms of traditionalism. This is a time when young people
must be particularly attentive to the signs of the new and have the
courage to venture forth and find out what they're capable of,
without being constrained by the old prejudices and hierarchical
ideas of the past. And if the aim of philosophy is to corrupt
youth, as Socrates was accused of doing, this can mean only one
thing: to help young people see that they don't have to go down the
paths already mapped out for them, that they are not just condemned
to obey social customs, that they can create something new and
propose a different direction as regards the true life.
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