The Pornographic Age by Alain Badiou, A. J. Bartlett, Justin ... - 9781350014787

The Pornographic AgeAuthor(s): Alain Badiou, A. J. Bartlett, Justin Clemens\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350014787, 978-1350014787\nSynopsis\nOffering a piercing indictment of what we have let ourselves become, this short, critical work is a damning critique of the current age and of the democratic systems that characterize it.\n\nAlain Badiou argues that any truly radical politics must begin with dismantling the obscene (or pornographic) qualities of neoliberal capitalism. In The Pornographic Age he asks us to hold up a mirror to ourselves and confront the debasement of the political realities in which we live, the shock of which must galvanize us into action. It is only through this realization, this crucial confrontation with the perversity with which we conduct our daily lives that we can prompt true revolution.\n\nIncluding an afterword from international Badiou scholars A. J. Bartlett and Jus.