Can Politics Be Thought? (Hardcover)

In Can Politics Be Thought?-published in French in 1985 and appearing here in English for the first time-Alain Badiou offers his most forceful and systematic analysis of the crisis of Marxism. Distinguishing politics as an active mode of thinking from the political as a domain of the State, Badiou argues for the continuation of Marxist politics. In so doing, he shows why we need to recapture the emancipatory hypothesis of Marx's original gesture in order to actualize its radical potential. This volume also includes Badiou's "Of an Obscure Disaster: On the End of the Truth of the State," in which he rebuts claims of Communism's death after the fall of the Soviet Union.

General

Imprint:	Duke University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	A John Hope Franklin Center Book
Release date:	November 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Alain Badiou
Translators:	Bruno Bosteels
Dimensions:	210 x 140mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	152
ISBN-13:	978-1-4780-0132-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	1-4780-0132-1
Barcode:	9781478001324

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