Meaning of Sarkozy
«Magnificently stirring ... a characteristically lucid polemic from a philosopher who is far from willing to abandon humanity to the vicissitudes of so-called global capitalism.»
Mark Fisher, Frieze
Alain Badiou, in this sharp and focused intervention, claims that the election of Nicholas Sarkozy as President is not an event, nor is it the cause for wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth. To understand the significance of Sarkozy, we have to look behind the insignificant vulgarity of the figure and ask what he represents, namely a reactionary tradition which goes back to the early nineteenth century, in the process mapping out a communist hypothesis that can lay the basis for emancipatory politics in the twenty-first century. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Verso Books
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 128
- ISBN
- 9781844676293
- Utgivelsesår
- 2010
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«Magnificently stirring ... a characteristically lucid polemic from a philosopher who is far from willing to abandon humanity to the vicissitudes of so-called global capitalism.»
Mark Fisher, Frieze
«In the tradition of revolutionary pamphleteering.»
Michael Cronin, Irish Times
«Compelling ... He deconstructs, with languid, sarcastic ferocity, the notion that 'France chose Sarkozy' ... a very French piece of political venom.»
Rafael Behr, The Observer
«Heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser ... a thundering, rallying tirade.»
Lucy Wadham, New Statesman
«Incisive, incredibly readable and funny critique.»
Christopher Bickerton, Le Monde Diplomatique