The Meaning of Sarkozy by Alain Badiou
In this incisive, acerbic work, Alain Badiou looks beyond the petty vulgarity of the French president to decipher the true significance of what he represents-a reactionary tradition that goes back more than a hundred years. To escape the malaise that has enveloped the Left since Sarkozy's election, Badiou casts aside the slavish worship of electoral democracy and maps out a communist hypothesis that lays the basis for an emancipatory politics of the twenty-first century.
Magnificently stirring.. a characteristically lucid polemic from a philosopher who is far from willing to abandon humanity to the vicissitudes of so-called global capitalism. -- Mark Fisher * Frieze *
In the tradition of revolutionary pamphleteering. -- Michael Cronin * Irish Times *
Compelling ... He deconstructs, with languid, sarcastic ferocity, the notion that 'France chose Sarkozy' ... a very French piece of political venom. -- Rafael Behr * The Observer *
Heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser ... a thundering, rallying tirade. -- Lucy Wadham * New Statesman *
Incisive, incredibly readable and funny critique. -- Christopher Bickerton * Le Monde Diplomatique *
In the tradition of revolutionary pamphleteering. -- Michael Cronin * Irish Times *
Compelling ... He deconstructs, with languid, sarcastic ferocity, the notion that 'France chose Sarkozy' ... a very French piece of political venom. -- Rafael Behr * The Observer *
Heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser ... a thundering, rallying tirade. -- Lucy Wadham * New Statesman *
Incisive, incredibly readable and funny critique. -- Christopher Bickerton * Le Monde Diplomatique *
Alain Badiou teaches philosophy at the École normale supérieure and the Collège international de philosophie in Paris. He is the author of several seminal works, including Theory of the Subject, Being and Event and Manifesto for Philosophy. His recent books include The Meaning of Sarkozy, and The Communist Hypothesis.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844676293 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844676293 |
| Title | The Meaning of Sarkozy |
| Author | Alain Badiou |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2010-07-06 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
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