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Since the book's first publication in 1988, Alain Badiou's Being and Event has established itselfof one of the most important and controversial works in contemporary philosophyand its author as one of the most influential thinkers of our time. Being and Event is a comprehensivestatement of Badiou's philosophical project and sees him recast the Europeanphilosophical tradition from Plato onwards, via a series of analyses of suchkey figures as Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Hegel, Rousseau, and Lacan. He thusdevelops the basis for a history of philosophy rivalling those of Heidegger andDeleuze in its depth. Now publishing in the Bloomsbury Revelations series to mark25 years since the book's first publication in French, Being and Event is an essential read for anyone interested incontemporary thought. |