Badiou Plato's Republic

A Dialogue in Sixteen Chapters
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-231-50065-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

In this innovative reimagining of Plato's Republic, one of philosophy's best known texts, Alain Badiou removes all references specific to ancient Greek society and modernizes the work's cultural ties. Socrates and his companions are now joined by Beckett, Pessoa, Freud, and Hegel, among others, demonstrating that true philosophy endures, always ready to absorb new horizons without changing its essence. Badiou's interlocutors also do much more than merely agree with Socrates. They challenge him and put him on the spot, recreating the thrill of thought and debate in motion. In this work of dramatic scholarship and philosophy, we encounter a modern version of Plato's text that is alive, stimulating, and directly relevant to our own time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Badiou, Alain

Weitere Mitwirkende

Reinhard, Kenneth

Spitzer, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, by Kenneth ReinhardTranslator's PrefaceAuthor's Preface to the English EditionPrefaceCharactersPrologue: The Conversation in the Villa on the Harbor (327a–336b)1. Reducing the Sophist to Silence (336b–357a)2. The Young People's Pressing Questions (357a–368d)3. The Origins of Society and the State (368d–376c)4. The Disciplines of the Mind: Literature and Music (376c–403c)5. The Disciplines of the Body: Nutrition, Medicine, and Physical Education (403c–412c)6. Objective Justice (412c–434d)7. Subjective Justice (434d–449a)8. Women and Families (449a–471c)9. What Is a Philosopher? (471c–484b)10. Philosophy and Politics (484b–502c)11. What Is an Idea? (502c–521c)12. From Mathematics to the Dialectic (521c–541b)13. Critique of the Four Pre-Communist Systems of Government. I: Timocracy and Oligarchy (541b–555b)14. Critique of the Four Pre-Communist Systems of Government. II: Democracy and Tyranny (555b–573b)15. Justice and Happiness (573b–592b)16. Poetry and Thought (592b–608b)Epilogue: The Mobile Eternity of Subjects (608b–621d)NotesBibliographyIndex

Leseproben

Read Kenneth Reinhard's introduction, "Badiou's Sublime Translation of the Republic (to view in full screen, click on icon in bottom right-hand corner)

Über Autor(innen)

Alain Badiou is emeritus professor of philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. One of the most well-known philosophers of our time, he is also a novelist, playwright, and political activist. He is the author of The Incident at Antioch/L'Incident d'Antioche: A Tragedy in Three Acts/Tragédie en trois actes.

Kenneth Reinhard is associate professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the coauthor of The Neighbor: Three Inquiries in Political Theology and After Oedipus: Shakespeare in Psychoanalysis.

Susan Spitzer is a frequent translator of Badiou's works, most recently, Five Lessons on Wagner, and the play, The Incident at Antioch.