{"product_id":"pocket-pantheon-isbn-9781784786250","title":"Pocket Pantheon","description":"\u003ci\u003ePocket Pantheon\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation to engage with the greats of postwar Western thought, such as Lacan, Sartre and Foucault, in the company of one of today’s leading political and philosophical minds. Alain Badiou draws on his encounters with this pantheon—his teachers, opponents and allies—to offer unique insights into both the authors and their work. These studies form an accessible, authoritative distillation of continental theory and a capsule history of a period in Western thought.“Badiou’s sardonically compressed style is never less than pungent.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Badiou and his ‘pantheon’ remind us that a relevant as well as rigorous philosophy remains attainable, not to mention urgently needed.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrasie for Alain Badiou:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A figure like Plato or Hegel walks here among us!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Slavoj Žižek\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the most important philosophers writing today.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Joan Copjec\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlain Badiou\u003c\/b\u003e teaches philosophy at the École normale supérieure and the Collège international de philosophie in Paris. In addition to several novels, plays and political essays, he has published a number of major philosophical works, including \u003ci\u003eTheory of the Subject\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeing and Event\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eManifesto for Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGilles Deleuze\u003c\/i\u003e. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Sarkozy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEthics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMetapolitics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePolemics,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Hypothesis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFive Lessons on Wagner\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein’s Anti-Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Macey\u003c\/b\u003e translated some twenty books from French to English. He was the author of \u003ci\u003eLacan in Context\u003c\/i\u003e, the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Lives of Michel Foucault\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Frantz Fanon: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in October 2011.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305341702373,"sku":"NP9781784786250","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781784786250.jpg?v=1767734904","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/pocket-pantheon-isbn-9781784786250","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}