Alain Badiou: Why philosophy and philosophers today?
Thursday, November 9, 2006
4.30pm Rockefeller Room 001
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow
Trained as a mathematician, Badiou is one of the most original French philosophers today. Influenced by Plato, Hegel, Lacan and Deleuze, he is an outspoken critic of both the analytic as well as postmodern schools of thought. His philosophy seeks to expose and make sense of the potential of radical innovation (revolution, invention, transfiguration) in every situation.
On Saturday November 11 at 2 pm Alain Badiou will be at the screening of two films, "Tout Va Bien" and "Letter to Jane," which are being presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Protest in Paris 1968: Photographs by Serge Hambourg" in whose works the events of 1968 and their aftermath play a prominent role. After the screening, which will be at the Arthur M. Loew Auditorium in the Hood Museum of Art, Dr. Badiou will join the organizer Professor Lynn Higgins and the audience in a discussion of the films.
Related link: http://www.egs.edu/faculty/badiou.html
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