Conditions / Alain Badiou ; translated by Steven Corcoran.
| Author/creator | Badiou, Alain |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Continuum, 2008. |
| Description | xlv, 314 pages ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Conditions. English |
| Contents | The subtractive : preface / Francois Wahl -- The (re)turn of philosophy itself -- Definition of philosophy -- What is a philosophical institution? or address, transmission, inscription -- The philosophical recourse to the poem -- Mallarmé's method : subtraction and isolation -- Rimbaud's method : interruption -- Philosophy and mathematics -- On subtraction -- Truth : forcing and unnameable -- Philosophy and politics -- What is love? -- Philosophy and psychoanalysis -- The subject and infinite -- Antiphilosophy : Lacan and Plato -- Writing of the generic : Samuel Beckett. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language | Translated from the French. |
| LCCN | 2008017483 |
| ISBN | 0826498272 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780826498274 (hbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | B2430 .B27113 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |