Metapolitics

Resumen del libro

Metapolitics argues that one of the main tasks of contemporary thought is to abolish the idea that politics is merely an object for philosophical reflection.
Badiou indicts this approach, which reduces politics to a matter of opinion, thus eliminating any of its truly radical and emancipatory possibilities. Against this intellectual tradition, Badiou proposes instead the consideration of politics in terms of the production of truth and the affirmation of equality. He demands that the question of a possible political truth be separated from any notion of consensus or public opinion, and that political action be rethought in terms of the complex process that binds discussion to decision. Starting from this analysis, Badiou critically examines the thought of anthropologist and political theorist Sylvain Lazarus, Jacques Ranciere's writings on workers' history and democratic dissensus, the role of the subject in Althusser, as well as the concept of democracy and the link between truth and justice.

Biografía del autor

Alain Badiou fue matemático y miembro del partido Comunista antes de llegar a ser un reconocido filósofo. Ha escrito además de Filosofía libros de ficción, novelas y obras de teatro. Su pensamiento está muy influenciado por Hegel y ha incorporado algunos de sus conceptos en su Filosofía. También ha mantenido un intenso diálogo con Slavoj i ek. Sus ideas son controvertidas pero ha sido muy reconocido por su activismo político a favor de la justicia social.