The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States sent
shockwaves across the globe. How was such an outcome even possible?
In two lectures given at American universities in the immediate
aftermath of the election, the leading French philosopher Alain
Badiou helps us to make sense of this extraordinary occurrence. He
argues that Trump's victory was the symptom of a global crisis made
up of four characteristics: the triumph of a brutal form of global
capitalism, the decomposition of the established political elite,
the growing frustration and disorientation that many people feel
today, and the absence of a compelling alternative vision. It was
in this context that Trump could emerge as a new kind of political
figure that was both inside and outside the political order, a
member of the Republican Party who, at the same time, represents
something outside the system. The progressive political challenge
now is to create something new that offers people a real choice, a
radical alternative based on principles of universality and
equality. This concise account of the meaning of Trump should be
read by everyone who wants to understand what is happening in our
world today.
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