Theory of the subject

by Badiou, Alain. Trans. by Bruno Bosteels

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Continuum Publishing Group, 2009. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Bosteels (romance studies, Cornell University) has accomplished the amazing feat of making the English translation of Alain Badiou's first major philosophical work both readable and true to the lyrical style of the original. Badiou's philosophy, along with that of Foucault, has been applied to sociology, anthropology, history, literary criticism, film studies and political theory. In this book, the ideas of which he later expanded upon and revised, Badiou's grounding in Marxism and Maoism underlies his viewpoint. However, his reassessment of Hegel, Mallarmé and Greek tragedy go far beyond political dogma. His treatment of the theories of Freud and Lacan demonstrate a much more subjective view of the danger of any government than they had. It is easy to be caught up in Badiou's poetic style and miss his message. This elegant new translation will allow those who may have come to Badiou second or third-hand through summary articles to experience the genesis of his thought for themselves. (©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)

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