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ISBN-10: 1781680183
ISBN-13: 9781781680186
Publisher: Verso
Publish Date: 01/15/2013
Dimensions: 7.70" L, 5.10" W, 0.70" H

Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil

Translator: Peter Hallward

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Price: $19.95

Overview

Alain Badiou, one of the most powerful voices in contemporary French philosophy, shows how our prevailing ethical principles serve ultimately to reinforce an ideology of the status quo and fail to provide a framework for an effective understanding of the concept of evil.

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"This is a fiery little book."–Choice

"His reasoning is powerful and surprising, making some of the best writing in current European philosophy, and his credentials are impeccable."–Amazon.com

"Badiou is at his strongest in pointing to the inconsistencies of a facile multiculturalism, the pluralism of the food court and the shopping mall, which wilts in the face of any genuine expression of cultural hostility to liberal values."–Radical Philosophy

"His lively, stimulating and sometimes completely batty book is an attempt to make us think differently about what matters to us ... it is hard not to feel some sympathy for Badiou's intuition that 'morality', 'evil' and indeed much of our standard moral vocabulary often serve as almost deliberate disguises for mediocre policy-making, social complacency and a general lack of adventurousness about life"–Times Literary Supplement

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ISBN-10: 1781680183
ISBN-13: 9781781680186
Publisher: Verso
Publish Date: 01/15/2013
Dimensions: 7.70" L, 5.10" W, 0.70" H
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