The idea of the generic : the problem of form in the work of Alain Badiou

Alain Badiou's philosophy is a consequential attempt to make the idea of generic existence intelligible with purely formal means. The aim of this thesis is to show how Badiou develops a mathematical ontology to think the idea of generic politics after the failure of Maoism and to demonstrate th...

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Main Author: Potter, William
Other Authors: Hallward, Peter
Published: Kingston University 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.739718