Nietzsche

Anti-Philosophy 1

AvAlain Badiou

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien Seminars of Alain Badiou

373 kr

Kommande

Beskrivning

For Alain Badiou, Friedrich Nietzsche is the “prince” of anti-philosophy. French leftist thinkers celebrated Nietzsche in the second half of the twentieth century, but when a backlash emerged in the 1990s, Badiou refused to join the attack. Instead, he devoted his 1992–1993 seminar to an astonishingly original reading of Nietzsche—to whom he had previously shown indifference or scorn—in which he appears almost enamored with the author of The Anti-Christ and Ecce Homo.This book presents Badiou’s seminar on Nietzsche’s late works, which for the first time addresses what would become one of his central concepts: anti-philosophy and its adversarial yet intimate relationship with philosophy. For Badiou, Nietzsche is the key modern anti-philosopher, his antagonist—and occasional ally—in the battle to redefine the work of philosophy. Badiou takes for granted Nietzsche’s declaration that “God is dead,” yet rejects his assertion that philosophy too is past its expiration date. Badiou engages a century-long tradition of grappling with Nietzsche’s paradoxes, considering thinkers such as Heidegger, Deleuze, and Derrida. Examining Nietzsche’s impassioned writings on Wagner, he reflects on the nature of art and aesthetics. Provocative and profound, this seminar shows Badiou’s ongoing project of reasserting the value of philosophy from a new angle.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-05-26
Mått:140 x 216 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Seminars of Alain Badiou
Antal sidor:392
Förlag:Columbia University Press
ISBN:9780231181303
Översättare:Bosteels, Bruno, Spitzer, Susan

Utforska kategorier

Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Alain Badiou is one of the most important philosophers of our time. He is emeritus professor of philosophy at the École normale supérieure in Paris. His seminars published by Columbia University Press include Images of the Present Time (2023) and Parmenides (2025).Bruno Bosteels is dean of humanities and Jesse and George Siegel Professor in the Humanities in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University.Susan Spitzer is a frequent translator of Badiou’s works.

Recensioner i media

In this seminar, Badiou sets out to address fundamental questions that concern any engagement with Nietzsche and his legacy: In what sense is he a philosopher? In what sense might ‘we’ or our century be called ‘Nietzschean’? And how might engagement with Nietzsche and his most incisive readers clarify the wider relation between philosophy and art? These questions are filtered through the literally decisive question of value. This puts Badiou and Nietzsche on a fascinating collision course, as regards the value of truth, of affirmation, and of philosophy itself.

Innehållsförteckning

Editors’ Introduction to the English Edition of the Seminars of Alain BadiouAuthor’s General Preface to the English Edition of the Seminars of Alain BadiouIntroduction to the Seminar on Nietzsche (Bruno Bosteels)About the 1992–1993 Seminar on NietzscheSession 1Session 2Session 3Session 4Session 5Session 6Session 7Session 8Session 9Session 10Session 11Session 12AcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex