{"product_id":"the-end-a-conversation-hardback-9781509536269","title":"The End; A Conversation (Hardback) 9781509536269","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe End\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Conversation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlain Badiou (Author), Giovanbattista Tusa (Author), Robin Mackay (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509536269, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 July 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e19.3 x 12.4 x 1.8 cm, 0.227 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e‘For those who are new to the work of Alain Badiou, and for those familiar with his corpus, \u003ci\u003eThe End\u003c\/i\u003e offers a lucid overview of some of his most important concepts – the subject, event, politics.  It also works its way through two senses of the end, both the current nihilistic end times of twenty-first-century capitalism, and the more radical and innovative end of the Western philosophical tradition.  Part interview, part dialogue, part reflection and part essay, \u003ci\u003eThe End\u003c\/i\u003e is at once an engaging and provocative read.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Colebrook, Penn State University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe notion of ‘the end’ has long occupied philosophical thought. In light of the horrors of the twentieth century, some writers have gone so far as to declare the end of philosophy itself, emphasizing the impossibility of thinking after Auschwitz.   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book the distinguished philosopher Alain Badiou, in dialogue with Giovanbattista Tusa, argues that we must renounce ‘the pathos of completion’ and continue to think philosophically. To accept the atrocities of the twentieth century as marking the end of philosophy is intolerable precisely because it buys into the totalizing doctrines of the perpetrators.  Badiou contends that philosophical thinking is needed now more than ever to counter the totalizing effects of globalized capitalism, which prescribes no objective for human life other than integration into its system, giving rise to a widespread sense of hopelessness and nihilism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will appeal to the many followers of Badiou’s work and to anyone interested in contemporary philosophy and radical political theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eApologue\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e The End\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Coda: ‘To the End? Of Europe and Philosophy’\u003cbr\u003e The Infinity of Truths. A Very Short Essay on the End of Ends\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441796477208,"sku":"9781509536269","price":30.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509536269.jpg?v=1785025859","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-end-a-conversation-hardback-9781509536269","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}