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Synopsis
Badiou's efforts to wrest philosophy from the grasp of postmodernism have resulted in original and controversial work toward philosophy's roots in seeking a systematic theory of truth. Brassier (modern European philosophy, Middlesex U.) and Toscano (sociology, Goldsmith's College, U. of London) provide a precise translation of Badiou's recent theoretical works, grouped into his thought on ontology as mathematics, the subtraction of truth, and the logic of appearance. Along with his commentary on Plato, Spinoza, Kant, and Hegel and how they fit into his own thought, Badiou builds his systematic approach to the emergence of truths from the singular relationship between a subject and an event. This volume includes an extract of Badiou's forthcoming work on the logic of appearance and the concept of "world." Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR