Five lessons on Wagner

Resumen del libro

A leading radical intellectual tackles the many controversial interpretations of Wagner's work.
For over a century, Richard Wagner's music has been the subject of intense debate among philosophers, many of whom have attacked its ideological some say racist and reactionary underpinnings. In this major new work, Alain Badiou, radical philosopher and keen Wagner enthusiast, offers a detailed reading of the critical responses to the composer's work, which include Adorno's writings on the composer and Wagner's recuperation by Nazism as well as more recent readings by Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and others. Slavoj Zizek provides an afterword, and both philosophers make a passionate case for re-examining the relevance of Wagner to the contemporary world.

Biografía del autor

Alain Badiou (Rabat, Protectorado francés de Marruecos, 1937) es un filósofo, dramaturgo y novelista francés. Profesor emérito en la Escuela Normal Superior (ENS) de Francia, es uno de los pensadores contemporáneos más influyentes en el debate público. Es autor de libros que se han transformado en clásicos como 'El ser y el acontecimiento' y 'Lógicas de los mundos'. Su obra es traducida y estudiada en más de treinta lenguas y leída en gran parte del mundo.