Who hasn't had the frightening experience of stumbling around in the pitch dark? Alain Badiou experienced that primitive terror when he, with his young friends, made up a game called "The Stroke of Midnight.
* Alain Badiou is one of the most widely read and influential philosophers in France today. * This volume brings together Badiou s writings on cinema from the last fifty years. The topics range from the key filmmakers of modernity (Tati, Oliveira, Antonioni, Godard, etc.
* Alain Badiou is one of the most widely read and influential philosophers in France today. * This volume brings together Badiou s writings on cinema from the last fifty years. The topics range from the key filmmakers of modernity (Tati, Oliveira, Antonioni, Godard, etc.
In Praise of Theatre is Alain Badiou s latest work on the most complete of the arts, the theatrical stage.
'I'm 79 years old. So why on earth should I concern myself with speaking about youth?' This is the question with which renowned French philosopher Alain Badiou begins his passionate plea to the young. Today young people, at least in the West, are on the brink of a new world.
'I'm 79 years old. So why on earth should I concern myself with speaking about youth?' This is the question with which renowned French philosopher Alain Badiou begins his passionate plea to the young. Today young people, at least in the West, are on the brink of a new world.
"France's leading philosopher gives a powerful account of our obligations to migrants"--
"France's leading philosopher gives a powerful account of our obligations to migrants"--
On 13 November 2015, Paris suffered the second wave of brutal terrorist attacks in a year, leaving 130 dead and many more seriously injured.