Conditions

Beginning with a sustained critique of the so-called ‘end of philosophy', Badiou goes on to propose a new definition of philosophy, one that is tested with respect to both its origin, in Plato, and its contemporary state. The essays that follow are ordered according to what Badiou sees as the four great conditions of philosophy: philosophy and poetry, philosophy and mathematics, philosophy and politics, and philosophy and love. Conditions provides an illuminating reworking of all the major theories in Being and Event . In so doing, Badiou not only develops the complexity of the concepts central to Being and Event but also adds new ones to his already formidable arsenal. The essays in Conditions reveal the extraordinary and systematic nature of Badiou's philosophical enterprise. Contents......Page 6 The Subtractive: Preface......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 46 Part I: Philosophy Itself......Page 48 1 The (Re)turn of Philosophy Itself......Page 50 2 Definition of Philosophy......Page 70 3 What is a Philosophical Institution? Or Address, Transmission, Inscription......Page 73 Part II: Philosophy and Poetry......Page 80 4 The Philosophical Recourse to the Poem......Page 82 5 Mallarmé’s Method: Subtraction and Isolation......Page 96 6 Rimbaud’s Method: Interruption......Page 115 Part III: Philosophy and Mathematics......Page 138 7 Philosophy and Mathematics......Page 140 8 On Subtraction......Page 160 9 Truth: Forcing and the Unnameable......Page 176 Part IV: Philosophy and Politics......Page 192 10 Philosophy and Politics......Page 194 Part V: Philosophy and Love......Page 224 11 What is Love?......Page 226 Part VI: Philosophy and Psychoanalysis......Page 246 12 Philosophy and Psychoanalysis......Page 248 13 The Subject and Infinity......Page 258 14 Anti-Philosophy: Plato and Lacan......Page 275 Part VII: The Writing of the Generic......Page 296 15 The Writing of the Generic: Samuel Beckett......Page 298 Notes......Page 332 L......Page 358 W......Page 359 L......Page 360 W......Page 361 "Alain Badiou is without doubt the most important and influential thinker working in European philosophy today. Conditions is the first major collection of essays written after Being and Event, his extraordinary magnum opus." "Badiou starts with philosophy itself and a clear critique of the theme of its so-called 'end'. He then goes on to propose a new definition of philosophy, one that is tested with respect to both its origin, in Plato, and its contemporary state. The essays that follow are all ordered around the four great conditions of philosophy: philosophy and poetry, philosophy and mathematics, philosophy and politics, and philosophy and love." "Conditions provides an illuminating reworking of many of the major concepts in Being and Event. In so doing, Badiou not only develops the complexity of the concepts central to Being and Event but also adds new ones to his already formidable arsenal." "The essays contained within Conditions show the immense scope and potential of Badiou's extraordinary system."--Back cover "Alain Badiou is without doubt the most important and influential thinker working in European philosophy today. Conditions is the first major collection of essays written after Being and Event, his extraordinary magnum opus." "Badiou starts with philosophy itself and a clear critique of the theme of its so-called 'end'. He then goes on to propose a new definition of philosophy, one that is tested with respect to both its origin, in Plato, and its contemporary state. The essays that follow are all ordered around the four great conditions of philosophy: philosophy and poetry, philosophy and mathematics, philosophy and politics, and philosophy and love." "Conditions provides an illuminating reworking of many of the major concepts in Being and Event. In so doing, Badiou not only develops the complexity of the concepts central to Being and Event but also adds new ones to his already formidable arsenal." "The essays contained within Conditions show the immense scope and potential of Badiou's extraordinary system."--Jacket La filosofia es prescrita por condiciones que son los tipos de procedimientos de verdad, o procedimientos genericos. Estos tipos son la ciencia (mas precisamente el matema), el arte (mas precisamente el poema), la politica (mas precisamente la politica en interioridad, o politica de emancipacion) y el amor (mas precisamente el procedimiento que hace verdad de la disyuncion de las posiciones sexuadas).La filosofia es el lugar del pensamiento donde se enuncia el “hay” de las verdades y su composibilidad. Para hacerlo monta una categoria operatoria, la Verdad, que abre en el pensamiento un vacio activo. Este vacio es senalado segun el reverso de una sucesion (estilo de exposicion argumentativo) y el mas alla de un limite (estilo de exposicion persuasivo o subjetivante). La filosofia, como discurso, organiza asi la superposicion de una ficcion de saber y de una ficcion de arte. The subtractive : preface by Francois Wahl Philosophy itself The (re)turn of philosophy itself Definition of philosophy What is a philosophical institution? Philosophy and poetry The philosophical recourse to the poem Mallarm's method : subtraction and isolation Rimbaud's method : interruption Philosophy and mathematics Conference on subtraction Truth : forcing and unnameable Philosophy and politics Philosophy and love What is love? Philosophy and psychoanalysis Subject and infinite Antiphilosophy : Lacan and Plato Writing of the generic Writing of the generic : Samuel beckett.