Badiou and Plato: An Education by Truths

by A.J. Bartlett

Book Overview

An interrogation of Plato's entire work using the concepts and categories of Alain Badiou. This is the first book to critically address and draw consequences from Badiou's claim that his work is a 'Platonism of the multiple' and that philosophy today requires a 'platonic gesture'. Examining the relationship between Badiou and Plato, Bartlett radically transforms our perception of Plato's philosophy and rethinks the central philosophical question:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748643753
• ISBN13: 9780748643752
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher