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Alain Badiou is a contemporary French philosopher known for developing original theories about mathematics, politics, love, and art, particularly his idea that truth emerges through rare "events" that disrupt everyday life. His work matters to scholars and intellectuals worldwide because he offers a distinctive framework for thinking about meaning and change in the modern world, drawing connections between abstract philosophy and concrete human experiences.
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- 17 January 1937
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- Film catastrophe — Self2018
- Badiou — Himself2018
- Encantado, le Brésil désenchanté2018
- Debtocracy2011
- Film Socialisme — Le philosophe2010
- Alien, Marx & Co. - Zizek Portrait — Self2009
- Philosophie et psychologie — Lui-même1965
- Philosophie et vérité — Himself1965
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Alain Badiou (/bɑːˈdjuː/; French: [alɛ̃ badju] ; born 17 January 1937) is a French philosopher, formerly chair of Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure and founder of the faculty of Philosophy of the Université de Paris VIII with Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault and Jean-François Lyotard. Badiou's work is heavily informed by philosophical applications of mathematics, in particular set theory and category theory. Badiou's "Being and Event" project considers the concepts of being, truth, event and the subject defined by a rejection of linguistic relativism seen as typical of postwar French thought. Unlike his peers, Badiou believes in the idea of universalism and truth. His work is notable for his widespread applications of various conceptions of indifference. Badiou has been involved in a number of political organisations, and regularly comments on political events. Badiou argues for a return of communism as a political force.
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1937 births20th-century French male writers20th-century French novelists20th-century French philosophers20th-century Moroccan philosophers21st-century French philosophers21st-century Moroccan philosophersAcademic staff of European Graduate SchoolAcademic staff of Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-DenisAcademic staff of the École normale supérieure (Paris)Academic staff of the University of Paris