The Red Years
Will be published approx. on 10. December 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-350-02132-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Red Years (Les Annees Rouges) features three key texts by renowned and controversial contemporary French philosopher, Alain Badiou: Theory of Contradiction, Of Ideology, and The Rational Kernel of the Hegelian Dialectic. Hitherto unavailable in English, these three texts elucidate the formative role of Badiou's Maoist 'phase' - an essential moment in his political and philosophical trajectory. Furthermore, these texts are vital to any understanding of radical French thought and politics in the 1970s, and in the wake of the Cultural Revolution.
The book also features a new preface by Badiou, as well as an essay from Tzuchien Tho and a conclusion from Bruno Bosteels, which argues fro the presence of Maoism in Badiou's mature thought.
The book also features a new preface by Badiou, as well as an essay from Tzuchien Tho and a conclusion from Bruno Bosteels, which argues fro the presence of Maoism in Badiou's mature thought.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-350-02132-7 (9781350021327)
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Persons
Alain Badiou is a hugely influential French philosopher, and teaches at the Ecole Normale Superieure at the College International de Philosophie in Paris, France.
Steven Corcoran is a writer and translator living in Berlin. He has edited and/or translated several works by Jacques Ranciere, including Dissensus (Continuum, 2010), two works by Alain Badiou, Polemics and Conditions, and Alienation and Freedom (Bloomsbury 2017) by Frantz Fanon.
Steven Corcoran is a writer and translator living in Berlin. He has edited and/or translated several works by Jacques Ranciere, including Dissensus (Continuum, 2010), two works by Alain Badiou, Polemics and Conditions, and Alienation and Freedom (Bloomsbury 2017) by Frantz Fanon.
Content
Preface, Alain Badiou
Theory of Contradiction
Of Ideology
The Rational Kernel of the Hegelian Dialect
On Badiou, Tzuchien Tho
Conclusion, Bruno Bosteels
Theory of Contradiction
Of Ideology
The Rational Kernel of the Hegelian Dialect
On Badiou, Tzuchien Tho
Conclusion, Bruno Bosteels