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Beckett and Badiou : the pathos of intermittency

By Badiou , Andrew , Alain; Beckett , Samuel; Gibson

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
9780191525902, 0191525901, 9781280754203, 1280754206, 9781429470285, 1429470283
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1686885 bytes)
Pages
322\337
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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The leading contemporary French philosopher Alain Badiou has been a lifelong devotee of Beckett's work. This ground-breaking study provides a full introduction to and critique of Badiou's philosophy, politics, ethics and aesthetics, and his interpretation of the Irish writer, as a basis for a major new reading of the Beckett corpus. - ;Beckett and Badiou offers a provocative new reading of Samuel Beckett's work on the basis of a full, critical account of the thought of Alain Badiou. Badiou is the most eminent of contemporary French philosophers. His devotion to Beckett's work has been lifelong. Read more... Abstract: The leading contemporary French philosopher Alain Badiou has been a lifelong devotee of Beckett's work. This ground-breaking study provides a full introduction to and critique of Badiou's philosophy, politics, ethics and aesthetics, and his interpretation of the Irish writer, as a basis for a major new reading of the Beckett corpus. Read more...

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