Thinking Education Through Alain Badiou

Thinking Education Through Alain Badiou
Author: Kent den Heyer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2011-07-13
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1444351990

Thinking Education Through Alain Badiou represents the first collection to explore the educational implications of French philosopher Alain Badiou's challenge to contemporary philosophical orthodoxy put forth in his 1993 work, Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil. Represents the first collection of work in education to grapple with what Alain Badiou might mean for the enterprise of schooling Takes up Badiou's challenge to contemporary and conventional Anglo-American doxa Includes original essays by experts in several different educational fields

Philosophy in the Present

Philosophy in the Present
Author: Alain Badiou
Publisher: Polity
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2009-12-14
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0745640974

Two controversial thinkers discuss a timeless but nonetheless urgent question: should philosophy interfere in the world? Nothing less than philosophy is at stake because, according to Badiou, philosophy is nothing but interference and commitment and will not be restrained by academic discipline. Philosophy is strange and new, and yet speaks in the name of all - as Badiou shows with his theory of universality. Similarly, Zizek believes that the philosopher must intervene, contrary to all expectations, in the key issues of the time. He can offer no direction, but this only shows that the question has been posed incorrectly: it is valid to change the terms of the debate and settle on philosophy as abnormality and excess. At once an invitation to philosophy and an introduction to the thinking of two of the most topical and controversial philosophers writing today, this concise volume will be of great interest to students and general readers alike.

Badiou and Plato

Badiou and Plato
Author: A.J Bartlett
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2011-06-29
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0748688854

This book will help you to understand Badiou's central concepts, the philosophical relation between Badiou and Plato and will rethink the importance of Badiou's 'Platonic' claim that 'the only education is an education by truths'.

Philosophy and the Event

Philosophy and the Event
Author: Alain Badiou
Publisher: Polity
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-06-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780745653952

This concise and accessible book is the perfect introduction to Badiou’s thought. Responding to Tarby’s questions, Badiou takes us on a journey that interrogates and explores the four conditions of philosophy: politics, love, art and science. In all these domains, events occur that bring to light possibilities that were invisible or even unthinkable; they propose something to us. Everything then depends on how the possibility opened up by the event is grasped, elaborated and embedded in the world – this is what Badiou calls a ‘truth procedure’. The event creates a possibility but there then has to be an effort – a group effort in the case of politics, an individual effort in the case of love or art – for this possibility to become real and inscribed in the world. As he explains his thinking on politics, love, art and science, Badiou takes stock of his major works, reflects on their central themes and arguments and looks forward to the questions he plans to address in his future writings. The book concludes with a short introduction to Badiou’s philosophy by Fabien Tarby. For anyone wishing to understand the work of one of the most widely read and influential philosophers writing today, this small book will be an indispensable guide.

Can Politics Be Thought?

Can Politics Be Thought?
Author: Alain Badiou
Publisher: John Hope Franklin Center Book
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781478001324

Destruction -- Recomposition -- Of an obscure disaster : on the end of the truth of the state.

Being and Event

Being and Event
Author: Alain Badiou
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2007-07-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 082649529X

A translation of one of the single most important works of recent French philosophy, Badiou's magnum opus, and a must-have for his growing following and anyone interested in contemporary Continental thought.

Infinite Thought

Infinite Thought
Author: Alain Badiou
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2005-05-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780826479297

Alain Badiou is already regarded as one of the mostoriginal and powerful voices in contemporaryEuropean thought. Infinite Thought brings together arepresentative selection of the range of AlainBadiou's work, illustrating the power and diversity ofhis thought.

Difficult Atheism

Difficult Atheism
Author: Christopher Watkin
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2013-03-31
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0748677275

Drawing primarily on the work of Alain Badiou and Jean-Luc Nancy, plus Quentin Meillassoux and Slavoj Zizek, Watkin explores the theme of atheism through the ideas of the death of God and nihilism in contemporary French philosophy.

Rethinking Ethical-Political Education

Rethinking Ethical-Political Education
Author: Torill Strand
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2020-07-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3030495248

This book offers a variety of outlooks and perspectives on the constitutive values and formative norms of a society, reflected by discourses on ethical-political education. It also discusses conceptual and critical philosophical works combined with empirical studies. The book is divided into three parts: the first part describes contemporary youth’s tangible experience of and reflections on ethical-political issues, while the second part explores the potential powers and pitfalls of educational philosophies, old and new. The third part highlights cutting edge issues within the humanities and social sciences, and examines the prospects of a fruitful rethinking of ethical-political education in response to today’s pressing issues. By addressing current dilemmas with diligence and insight, the authors offer solid arguments for new theoretical and practical directions to promote philosophical clarification and advance research. Intended for students, teachers and researchers, the book provides fresh perspectives on the many facets of ethical-political education, and as such is a valuable contribution to educational research and debate.

Justice, Education, and the World of Today

Justice, Education, and the World of Today
Author: Inga Bostad
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2023-05-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000899276

This edited book challenges the limits of current educational philosophical discourse and argues for a restored normativisation of education through a powerful notion of justice. Moving beyond conventional paradigms of how justice and education relate, the book rethinks the promotion of justice in, for, and through education in its current state. Chapters combine international and diverse philosophical perspectives with a focus on contemporary issues, such as climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, racism, and migrant crises. Divided into three distinct parts, the book explores the ontological and socio-political grounds underlying our notions of education and justice, and offers self-reflective meta-critique on education philosophers’ tendency of promoting and upholding orthodox visions and missions. Ultimately, the book offers contemporary and innovative philosophical reflections on the link between justice and education, and enriches the discourse through a multi-perspectival and sensitive exploration of the topic. It will be of great interest to scholars, researchers, and postgraduate students in the fields of philosophy of education, education policy and politics, education studies, and social justice. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. Funded by University of Oslo.