(Paperback)

Presents a comprehensive overview of Alain Badiou's ambitious system. Beginning with Badiou's controversial assertion that ontology is mathematics, this volume sets out his theory of the emergence of truths from the singular relationship between a subject and an event. It provides an introduction to one of the great thinkers of our time.

(Hardback)

Swimming against the tide of postmodern orthodoxy, Alain Badiou's thought revitalizes philosophy's perennial attempt to provide a systematic theory of truth. This volume, assembled with the collaboration of the author, presents a comprehensive outline of Badiou's ambitious system.

(Paperback)

Swimming against the tide of postmodern orthodoxy, Alain Badiou's thought revitalizes philosophy's perennial attempt to provide a systematic theory of truth. This volume, assembled with the collaboration of the author, presents a comprehensive outline of Badiou's ambitious system.