Philosophy and the Idea of Communism by A Badiou HARDBACK 9780745688350

Philosophy and the Idea of Communism\nby A Badiou\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: A Badiou\nTitle: Philosophy and the Idea of Communism\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Far-left political ideologies and movements\nPublisher: Polity Press\nPublication year: 2015\nISBN-13: 9780745688350\nISBN-10: 0745688357\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nIn a well-known text called The Communist Hypothesis', first published in 2007, the renowned philosopher Alain Badiou breathed fresh life into the idea of communism as an intellectual representation that provides a critical perspective on existing politics and offers a systemic alternative to capitalism. \nNow, in the course of this wide-ranging conversation with Peter Engelmann, Alain Badiou explains why he continues to value the idea of c.