{"product_id":"conditions-9781350009042","title":"Conditions","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alain Badiou\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with a sustained critique of the so-called 'end of philosophy', Badiou goes on to propose a new definition of philosophy, one that is tested with respect to both its origin, in Plato, and its contemporary state. The essays that follow are ordered according to what Badiou sees as the four great conditions of philosophy: philosophy and poetry, philosophy and mathematics, philosophy and politics, and philosophy and love. \u003ci\u003eConditions \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an illuminating reworking of all the major theories in \u003ci\u003eBeing and Event\u003c\/i\u003e. In so doing, Badiou not only develops the complexity of the concepts central to \u003ci\u003eBeing and Event \u003c\/i\u003ebut also adds new ones to his already formidable arsenal. The essays in \u003ci\u003eConditions \u003c\/i\u003ereveal the extraordinary and systematic nature of Badiou's philosophical enterprise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45082981793943,"sku":"9781350009042","price":2124.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350009042.webp?v=1767635329","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/conditions-9781350009042","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}