
Ethics
An Essay on the Understanding of Evil
Alain Badiou(Author)
Verso Books (Publisher)
Published on 17. November 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
214 pages
978-1-85984-435-9 (ISBN)
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Description
Alain Badiou, one of the most powerful voices in contemporary French philosophy, shows how our prevailing ethical principles serve ultimately to reinforce an ideology of the status quo and fail to provide a framework for an effective understanding of the concept of evil.
Reviews / Votes
This is a fiery little book. * Choice * His reasoning is powerful and surprising, making some of the best writing in current European philosophy, and his credentials are impeccable. * Amazon.com * Badiou is at his strongest in pointing to the inconsistencies of a facile multiculturalism, the pluralism of the food court and the shopping mall, which wilts in the face of any genuine expression of cultural hostility to liberal values. * Radical Philosophy * His lively, stimulating and sometimes completely batty book is an attempt to make us think differently about what matters to us ... it is hard not to feel some sympathy for Badiou's intuition that 'morality', 'evil' and indeed much of our standard moral vocabulary often serve as almost deliberate disguises for mediocre policy-making, social complacency and a general lack of adventurousness about life. * Times Literary Supplement *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 191 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
245 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85984-435-9 (9781859844359)
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Persons
Alain Badiou teaches philosophy at the Ecole normale superieure and the College 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.