UID:
edocfu_9958351962802883
Format:
1 online resource(216 p.) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2014. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
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ISBN:
9780231536585
Content:
In Ahmed the Philosopher, readers are introduced to Alain Badiou's philosophy through a theatrical tour de force. The play presents its comic hero, the "treacherous servant" Ahmed, as a seductively quick-witted philosopher even as it casts philosophy itself as a comic performance. The comedy unfolds as a series of lessons, with each "short play" or sketch illuminating a different Badiousian concept. Yet Ahmed does more than illustrate philosophical abstractions; he embodies and vivifies the theatrical and performative aspects of philosophy, mobilizing a comic energy that exposes the emptiness and pomp of the world. Through Ahmed's example, the audience is moved to a living engagement with philosophy, discovering in it the power to break through the limits of everyday life.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface to the English Translation of Ahmed Philosophe --
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Translator’s Introduction: Badiou the Comedian/Ahmed the Philosopher --
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Ahmed the Philosopher --
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List of Scenes --
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1. Nothing --
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2. The Event --
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3. Language --
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4. Place --
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5. Cause and Effect --
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6. Politics --
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7. The Multiple --
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8. Chance --
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9. Poetry --
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10. The Subject (1) --
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11. The Big and the Little --
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12. Infinity --
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13. Time --
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14. Truth (1) --
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15. The Nation --
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16. Death --
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17. The Subject (2) --
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18. Morality --
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19. Society --
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20. God --
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21. Truth (2) --
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22. Philosophy --
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23. Decision --
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24. The Same And The Other --
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25. The Family --
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26. Terror --
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27. Purposiveness --
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28. Mathematics --
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29. Nature --
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30. The Idea --
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31. The Absurd --
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32. Repetition --
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33. Origin --
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34. Contradiction --
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Notes
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In English.
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7312/badi16692
