Can politics be thought

By Alain Badiou

Can politics be thought?

By Alain Badiou

In praise of love

By Alain Badiou

"Invoking a vibrant cast of thinkers, from Kierkegaard and de Beauvoir to Proust and Lacan, the world-renowned French philosopher urges us not to fear love but to see it as an adventure, a magnific...

In praise of love

By Alain Badiou

Love without risks is like war without deaths - but, today, love is threatened by an alliance of liberalism and hedonism. Caught between consumerism and casual sexual encounters devoid of passion,...

Metapolitics

By Alain Badiou

The meaning of Sarkozy

By Alain Badiou

"Alain Badiou, France's leading radical theorist and commentator, dissects the Sarkozy phenomenon in this sharp, focused intervention. He argues that the election of Nicolas Sarkozy as President do...

Pocket Pantheon

By Alain Badiou

Pocket Pantheon is an invitation to engage with the greats of postwar Western thought, such as Lacan, Sartre and Foucault, in the company of one of today’s leading political and philosophical...

Five lessons on Wagner

By Alain Badiou

Five Lessons on Wagner

By Alain Badiou

A leading radical intellectual tackles the many controversial interpretations of Wagner’s workFor over a century, Richard Wagner’s music has been the subject of intense debate among phi...

Metapolitics

By Alain Badiou

"Metapolitics argues that one of the main tasks of contemporary thought is to abolish the idea that politics is merely an object for philosophical reflection, devoid of any truly radical and emanci...