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Alain Badiou
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Alain Badiou is a French philosopher, novelist, playwright, and editor born in Rabat on 17 January 1937. He holds citizenship in France and works in Paris. His academic fields include set theory, metapolitics, ontology, and Marxism. Badiou was educated at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand and the École Normale Supérieure. He has been employed by the École Normale Supérieure, Paris 8 University, the University of Reims, and the European Graduate School.
Badiou’s intellectual influences include Jean-Paul Sartre, Louis Althusser, Plato, and Karl Marx. He is a member of the Unified Socialist Party and speaks French. His doctoral students have included Gabriel Rockhill, Alenka Zupančič, and Vladimir Safatle. Notable works attributed to him include *St. Paul*, *A Political Life: 1937 - 1985*, *Mallarmé, le théâtre, la tribu*, *Notre mal vient de plus loin*, and *Nos mai 68*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 17 January 1937
- Works
- 168
Top works
- St. Paul
- A Political Life: 1937 - 1985
- Mallarmé, le théâtre, la tribu
- Notre mal vient de plus loin
- Nos mai 68
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Film catastrophe — Self2018
- Badiou — Himself2018
- Encantado, le Brésil désenchanté2018
- Debtocracy2011
- Film Socialisme — Le philosophe2010
- Alien, Marx & Co. - Zizek Portrait — Self2009
- Philosophie et psychologie — Lui-même1965
- Philosophie et vérité — Himself1965
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alain
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Rabat
- Occupation
- scientist
- Educated at
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand
- Employer
- University of Reims
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- Marxism
- Official website
- alain-badiou.jimdofree.com
- Image
- Alain Badiou-2.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- Commons category
- Alain Badiou
- date of birth
- 1937-01-17
- name in native language
- Alain Badiou
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- influenced by
- Paul Cohen
- Academia.edu profile URL
- www.academia.edu/Documents/in/Alain_Badiou
- floruit
- 1965-00-00
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
Sources (6)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Alain Badiou, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Alain Badiou (/bɑːˈdjuː/; French: [alɛ̃ badju] ; born 17 January 1937) is a French philosopher, formerly chair of Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure and founder of the faculty of Philosophy of the Université de Paris VIII with Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault and Jean-François Lyotard. Badiou's work is heavily informed by philosophical applications of mathematics, in particular set theory and category theory. Badiou's "Being and Event" project considers the concepts of being, truth, event and the subject defined by a rejection of linguistic relativism seen as typical of postwar French thought. Unlike his peers, Badiou believes in the idea of universalism and truth. His work is notable for his widespread applications of various conceptions of indifference. Badiou has been involved in a number of political organisations, and regularly comments on political events. Badiou argues for a return of communism as a political force.
Biography
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