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In Praise of Politics

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

In Praise of Politics

By Alain Badiou, Aude Lancelin

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Against the backdrop of an alarming rise in authoritarianism and the crisis of liberal democracy, few would consider extoling the virtues of politics today. Yet in this lively dialogue with journalist Aude Lancelin, leading French thinker Alain Badiou argues that it is precisely through politics that humanity can still achieve its most ambitious aims. As power becomes ever more concentrated in the hands of the state and global corporations, the role of the citizen is reduced to little more than...Show more

Political science and theory

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9781509533671

Publisher

Polity Press

Published year

2019

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In Praise of Politics

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Hardcover

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