Alain Badiou b. 1937
Alain Badiou (born 1937) is a French philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Continental Philosophy, Marxism, and Post-Structuralism.
Alain Badiou is a French philosopher, a former student of Louis Althusser, and one of the leading figures of post-Maoist French philosophy. His Being and Event grounds an austere mathematical ontology, in which mathematics is the language of being qua being and truth emerges only through the rare event that exceeds what a situation can count. Logics of Worlds extended this project to a phenomenology of appearing, while his shorter ethical and political writings, including Ethics, Saint Paul, and The Communist Hypothesis, defend a militant politics of universal truth procedures against the consensus of liberal democratic capitalism.
Key facts
- Nationality
- French
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Continental Philosophy, Marxism, Post-Structuralism
Selected quotes
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“Mathematics is ontology.”
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Attributed to Alain Badiou:
“Truth is what punches a hole in knowledge.”
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Attributed to Alain Badiou:
“There is no ethics in general, only the ethics of singular truth procedures.”
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Attributed to Alain Badiou:
“The communist hypothesis is the only one worth defending.”
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Attributed to Alain Badiou:
“Be faithful to the event that has touched you.”
Frequently asked about Alain Badiou
- When was Alain Badiou born?
- Alain Badiou was born in 1937.
- Where was Alain Badiou from?
- Alain Badiou is a French philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is Alain Badiou associated with?
- Alain Badiou is associated with Continental Philosophy, Marxism, and Post-Structuralism.
- What is Alain Badiou known for?
- Alain Badiou is a French philosopher, a former student of Louis Althusser, and one of the leading figures of post-Maoist French philosophy.
- How many quotes are attributed to Alain Badiou?
- There are 15 attributed quotations from Alain Badiou in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.