
Reflections on Anti-Semitism
Verso Books (Publisher)
Published on 17. December 2013
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-78168-115-2 (ISBN)
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Description
Since the beginning of the War on Terror, Israel has become increasingly salient to imperial strategy and ever more aggressive in its policies toward the Palestinians. In this context, a key ideological weapon is the cynical accusation of "anti-Semitism." For historical reasons, this has been deployed most forcefully in France, and Alain Badiou and Eric Hazan caustically demolish the "anti-Semitism is everywhere" allegation, used to bludgeon opponents of the Israeli state and those who stand in solidarity with the banlieue youth. Ivan Segre undertakes a meticulous deconstruction of a rampant "reactionary philo-Semitism" that identifies Jewish interests with the "democratic West."
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The calm and smiling power [of Segre's work] lies in the logical rigor with which he reads texts. -- Daniel BensaidMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
574 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78168-115-2 (9781781681152)
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Alain Badiou | Eric Hazan | Ivan Segre
Reflections on Anti-Semitism
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Alain Badiou teaches Philosophy at the Ecole normale superieure and the College international de philosophie in Paris. In addition to several novels, plays and political essays, he has published a number of major philosophical works, including Theory of the Subject, Being and Event, Manifesto for Philosophy, and Gilles Deleuze. His recent books include The Meaning of Sarkozy, Ethics, Metapolitics, Polemics, The Communist Hypothesis, Five Lessons on Wagner, and Wittgenstein's Antiphilosophy.