Confrontation: A Conversation with Aude Lancelin

by Alain Badiou and Alain Finkielkraut

Book Overview

Everything in their respective positions divides them: Alain Badiou is the thinker of a revitalized communism and Alain Finkielkraut the mournful observer of the loss of values. The two opponents, gathered here for their first-ever debate, have irreconcilable visions. Yet neither is a stranger to controversy, and in this debate they make explicit the grounds of their personal dispute as well as addressing, in a frank and open exchange, their ideas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745685706
• ISBN13: 9780745685700
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"