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Second Manifesto for Philosophy Hardcover - 2011 - 1st Edition
by Alain Badiou
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Twenty years ago, Alain Badiou's first manifesto for philosophy rose up against the all-pervasive proclamation of the "end" of philosophy. In lieu of this problematic of the end, he put forward the watchword: "one more step".
The situation has considerably changed since then. Philosophy was threatened with obliteration at the time, whereas today it finds itself under threat for the diametrically opposed reason: "Philosophy" is everywhere. It serves as a trademark for various media pundits.
It is universally called upon, by everything from banks to major state commissions, to pronounce on ethics, law and duty. In essence, "philosophy" has now come to stand for nothing other than its most ancient enemy: conservative ethics.
Badiou's second manifesto therefore seeks to demoralize philosophy and to separate it from all those "philosophies" that are as servile as they are ubiquitous. It demonstrates the power of certain eternal truths to illuminate action and, as such, to transport philosophy far beyond the figure of "the human" and its "rights". There, well beyond all moralism, in the clear expanse of the idea, life becomes something radically other than survival.
The situation has considerably changed since then. Philosophy was threatened with obliteration at the time, whereas today it finds itself under threat for the diametrically opposed reason: "Philosophy" is everywhere. It serves as a trademark for various media pundits.
It is universally called upon, by everything from banks to major state commissions, to pronounce on ethics, law and duty. In essence, "philosophy" has now come to stand for nothing other than its most ancient enemy: conservative ethics.
Badiou's second manifesto therefore seeks to demoralize philosophy and to separate it from all those "philosophies" that are as servile as they are ubiquitous. It demonstrates the power of certain eternal truths to illuminate action and, as such, to transport philosophy far beyond the figure of "the human" and its "rights". There, well beyond all moralism, in the clear expanse of the idea, life becomes something radically other than survival.
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- Title Second Manifesto for Philosophy
- Author Alain Badiou
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Polity Press
- Date 2011-02-15
- Features Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780745648613 / 0745648614
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.8 in (19.30 x 12.95 x 2.03 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Philosophy, Modern - 20th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011280859
- Dewey Decimal Code 101
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