The Adventure of French Philosophy
“French philosophy still has a kick in it, and it can still turn heads. You have been warned.”—Jonathan Rée,Prospect“One of the most important philosophers writing today.”—Joan Copjec“A figure like Plato or Hegel walks here among us!”—Slavoj Žižek“An heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser.”—New Statesman“Focused and illuminating, technical and deft.”—Shahidha Bari,Times Higher Education“A series of snapshots of how Badiou participates in and understands what ... we might call the post-1960s moment in French philosophy.”—Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews