Alain Badiou

Plato's Republic
A Dialogue in 16 Chapters

Alain Badiou

Plato's Republic is one of the best-known and most widely-discussed texts in the history of philosophy. But how might we get to the heart of this work today, 2,500 years after its original composition? Alain Badiou breathes life into Plato's landmark...

The Rebirth of History
Times of Riots and Uprisings

Alain Badiou

Badiou has already been established as a prominent and important contemporary philosopher, and this book shows that this reputation is well deserved. In The Rebirth of History he gives an insightful reading of the flood of riots and similar political...

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...