Infinite Thought

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by Alain Badiou,

Edited by Oliver Feltham and Justin Clemens

Continuum Publishing

Due/Published May 2005, 208 pages, paper

ISBN 0826479294

Infinite Thought brings together a representative selection of the range of Alain Badiou's work, illustrating the power and diversity of his thought. The pieces, including the final interview, are chosen for their accessibility to readers new to the work of a philosopher who is doing no less than changing the way we think about the world. The book also includes a new interview with the author.

 "Alain Badiou enacts a return to full-blown philosophy, striking as a thunder into the morass of postmodernist sophisms and platitudes. His work aims at the very heart of politically correct radical intellectuals, undermining the foundations of their mode of life!"--Slavoj Zizek"One of the most important philosophers writing today."--Joan Copjec"There can be little doubt that Alain Badiou is the most important, powerful and unsettling philosophical voice to have emerged from the Continent in recent years. This is an intriguing selection of essays, sparsely acute in their decidedness, that provide the English-speaking reader with a compelling entry point to Badiou's work, together with his provocative views on 9/11."--Simon Critchley