In Praise of Politics by Alain Badiou HARDBACK 9781509533671

In Praise of Politics\nby Alain Badiou\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Alain Badiou\nTitle: In Praise of Politics\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Political science and theory\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd\nPublication year: 2019\nISBN-13: 9781509533671\nISBN-10: 1509533672\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nAgainst the backdrop of an alarming rise in authoritarianism and the crisis of liberal democracy, few would consider extoling the virtues of politics today. Yet in this lively dialogue with journalist Aude Lancelin, leading French thinker Alain Badiou argues that it is precisely through politics that humanity can still achieve its most ambitious aims. \nAs power becomes ever more concentrated in the hands of the state and global corporations, the role of the citizen.