Summary
The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States sent shockwaves across the globe. How was such an outcome even possible? In two lectures given at American universities in the immediate aftermath of the election, the leading French philosopher Alain Badiou helps us to make sense of this extraordinary occurrence. He argues that Trump’s victory was the symptom of a global crisis made up of four characteristics: the triumph of a brutal form of global capitalism, the decompositio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509536078 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509536078 |
| Author: | Alain Badiou |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 29 March 2019 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 188mm x 125mm x 13mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“What is our task today? Reading Trump as the symptom of global capitalism’s political crisis, Badiou compellingly argues that our task is to bring into existence a strategic choice between capitalism and communism. Anything less confines us to the present’s democratic fascism. This crucial intervention eschews fear and despair as it finds hope in the creation of a divisive, communist politics.”
—Jodi Dean, author of Crowds and Party
“Approachable and insightful, and will satisfy both general readers and readers more knowledgeable about political theory.”
—Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Alain Badiou
Alain Badiou is a philosopher, playwright, and novelist, and an Emeritus Professor at the École Normale Supérieure, Paris.
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