CONTROVERSIES: POLITICS AND PHILOSOPHY IN OUR TIME - Scarce Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing

Badiou, Alain (Author) & Milner, Jean-Claude (Co-Author)

ISBN 10: 0745682162 / ISBN 13: 9780745682167

Published by New York City, NY: Polity Press, 2014, 2014

About this Item

1st Printing. 200 pages. Published in 2014. Book-length account-via-conversation between the authors on subject. One of the most vital and important intellectual debates of our time. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Alain Badiou's and Jean-Claude Milner's "Controversies: Politics And Philosophy In Our Time". Sparring intellectual partners engaged in a lively exchange that makes for absorbing and illuminating reading. "They were both involved in the Red Years at the end of the Sixties. Both were Maoists. But while Badiou was focusing all his attention on China, Milner was already taking his distance from it. Over the years, that original dispute over the destiny of gauchisme was fueled by deep, new differences between them concerning the role of philosophy and politics. In this wide-ranging and compelling dialogue, these two great thinkers explore the role of politics in today's world and consider the need for a formal theory of political organization. Whether they are addressing the era of revolutions, and in particular the Paris Commune and the Chinese Cultural Revolution, or discussing the infinite, the universal, the name 'Jew', violence, capitalism, the Left, or Europe, Jean-Claude Milner's dyed-in-the-wool skepticism constantly runs up against Alain Badiou's doctrinal passion. This extraordinary debate ultimately leads to new areas of interrogation, and shows that there is no better remedy for the crushing power of media-influenced thinking than the revival of the great disputes of the mind" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Alain Badiou and Jean-Claude Milner collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and despite its imperfection (A publisher's flaw: Rubbing on the black hard boards) is still in fine condition overall: Every single internal page is clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce copy thus. One of the greatest philosophers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALAIN BADIOU TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0745682162.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CONTROVERSIES: POLITICS AND PHILOSOPHY IN OUR TIME - Scarce Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing
• Publisher: New York City, NY: Polity Press, 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745682162
• ISBN 13: 9780745682167
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: None, As Issued
• Signed: no

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Synopsis

Alain Badiou was born in 1937 in Rabat and Jean-Claude Milner in 1941 in Paris. They were both involved in the "Red Years" at the end of the Sixties and both were Maoists, but while Badiou was focusing all his attention on China, Milner was already taking his distance from it. Over the years, that original dispute over the destiny of gauchisme was fueled by deep, new differences between them concerning the role of philosophy and politics.

In this wide-ranging and compelling dialogue, these two great thinkers explore the role of politics in today's world and consider the need for a formal theory of communist political organization. Whether they are addressing the era of revolutions, and in particular the Paris Commune and the Chinese Cultural Revolution, or discussing the infinite, the universal, the name "Jew", violence, capitalism, the left, or Europe, Jean-Claude Milner's dyed-in-the-wool skepticism constantly runs up against Alain Badiou's doctrinal passion.

This extraordinary debate ultimately leads to new areas of interrogation and shows that there is no better remedy for the crushing power of media-influenced thinking than the revival of the great disputes of the mind.

About the Author

Alain Badiou was Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and is one of the most widely read and influential philosophers writing today.

Jean-Claude Milner is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the Université de Paris-VII, and a former director of the Collège Internationale de Philosophie (1998-2001).