The Rebirth of History, Times of Riots and Uprisings (Alain Badiou)

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The Rebirth of History
Times of Riots and Uprisings

Alain Badiou

Ethics
An Essay on the Understanding of Evil (Wo Es War)

Alain Badiou

Alain Badiou explodes the facile assumptions behind the recent ethical turn by governments of the West. He shows how our prevailing ethical principles serve to reinforce an ideology of the status quo and ultimately fail to provide a framework...