The notion of 'the end' has long occupied philosophical thought. In
light of the horrors of the twentieth century, some writers have
gone so far as to declare the end of philosophy itself, emphasizing
the impossibility of thinking after Auschwitz. In this book the
distinguished philosopher Alain Badiou, in dialogue with
Giovanbattista Tusa, argues that we must renounce 'the pathos of
completion' and continue to think philosophically. To accept the
atrocities of the twentieth century as marking the end of
philosophy is intolerable precisely because it buys into the
totalizing doctrines of the perpetrators. Badiou contends that
philosophical thinking is needed now more than ever to counter the
totalizing effects of globalized capitalism, which prescribes no
objective for human life other than integration into its system,
giving rise to a widespread sense of hopelessness and nihilism.
This book will appeal to the many followers of Badiou's work and to
anyone interested in contemporary philosophy and radical political
theory.
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