Being And Event Three Volume Set (Being and Event, Logics of Worlds, The Immanence of Truths)

Badiou, Alain

ISBN 10: 0826458319 / ISBN 13: 9780826458315

Published by Continuum / Bloomsbury Academic, London, 2005

About this Item

London: Continuum / Bloomsbury Academic, 2005. Three volume set. Octavos. The first two volumes have dust jackets, while volume three was issued without one. No additional printings indicated for volumes one and two, and volume three is the first printing. Volume I, Being and Event, has foxing to the edges of the text block. The spine of volume II is lightly pushed in. Both dust jackets have a bit of rubbing. The boards of volume III are lightly rubbed. Overall a very good set of a landmark work in philosophy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Being And Event Three Volume Set (Being and Event, Logics of Worlds, The Immanence of Truths)
• Publisher: Continuum / Bloomsbury Academic, London
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826458319
• ISBN 13: 9780826458315
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Being and Event is the greatest work of Alain Badiou, France's most important living philosopher. Long-awaited in translation, Being and Event makes available to an English-speaking readership Badiou's groundbreaking work on set theory - the cornerstone of his whole philosophy. The book makes the scope and aim of Badiou's whole philosophical project clear, enabling full comprehension of Badiou's significance for contemporary philosophy. Badiou draws upon and is fully engaged with the European philosophical tradition from Plato onwards; Being and Event deals with such key figures as Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Hegel, Rousseau, Heidegger and Lacan.

This wide-ranging book is organised in a careful, precise and novel manner, reflecting the philosophical rigour of Badiou's thought. Unlike many contemporary Continental philosophers, Badiou - who is also a novelist and dramatist - writes lucidly and cogently, making his work far more accessible and engaging than much philosophy, and actually a pleasure to read. This English language edition includes a new preface, written by Badiou himself, especially for this translation.

Being and Event is a must-have for Badiou's significant following and anyone interested in contemporary Continental philosophy.

About the Author

Alain Badiou teaches at the École Normale Supérieure and at the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris, France. In addition to several novels, plays and political essays, he has published a number of major philosophical works.