Against the backdrop of an alarming rise in authoritarianism and
the crisis of liberal democracy, few would consider extoling the
virtues of politics today. Yet in this lively dialogue with
journalist Aude Lancelin, leading French thinker Alain Badiou
argues that it is precisely through politics that humanity can
still achieve its most ambitious aims. As power becomes ever more
concentrated in the hands of the state and global corporations, the
role of the citizen is reduced to little more than ritual. But
Badiou emphasizes that politics is concerned not just with power
and the state, but also with justice. So the central question of
politics is "What is a just power?", and the debate over politics
is fundamentally about the norms to which power is subject and its
relationship to a community - a community that is able to take
control of its own destiny and provide its own direction, based on
a shared standard of justice. This engaging dialogue, in which
Badiou articulates his view of politics with exceptional clarity,
will be of great value to anyone interested in radical politics
today.
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