Alain Badiou
Being and Event.
Continuum, 2007. Translation by Oliver Feltham of "L'etre et l'evenement" (Editions du Seuil, 1988). 9780826495297 xxxiii/526 pages.
Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.25" x 8", displays shelfwear, with very mild rippling at bottom of front cover and faint rippling at bottom edge of preliminary pages. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright.
This book makes the scope and aim of Badiou's whole philosophical project clear, enabling full comprehension of Badiou's significance for contemporary philosophy. In "Being and Event," Badiou anchors this project by recasting the European philosophical tradition from Plato onwards, via a series of analyses of such key figures as Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Hegel, Rousseau, and Lacan. He thus develops the basis for a history of philosophy rivalling those of Heidegger and Deleuze in its depth.This wide-ranging book is organised in a precise and novel manner, reflecting the philosophical rigour of Badiou's thought. Unlike many contemporary Continental philosophers, Badiou - who is also a novelist and dramatist - writes lucidly and cogently, making his work accessible and engaging.This English language edition includes a new preface, written especially for this translation.