{"product_id":"wittgensteins-antiphilosophy-paperback-2","title":"Wittgenstein's Antiphilosophy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlain Badiou\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBruno Bosteels\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlain Badiou takes on the standard bearer of the \"linguistic turn\" in modern philosophy, and anatomizes the \"anti-philosophy\" of Ludwig Wittgenstein, in his \u003ci\u003eTractatus Logico-Philosophicus\u003c\/i\u003e. Addressing the crucial moment where Wittgenstein argues that much has to be passed over in silence--showing what cannot be said, after accepting the limits of language and meaning--Badiou argues that this mystical act reduces logic to rhetoric, truth to an effect of language games, and philosophy to a series of esoteric aphorisms. in the course of his interrogation of Wittgenstein's anti-philosophy, Badiou sets out and refines his own definitions of the universal truths that condition philosophy. Bruno Bosteels' introduction shows that this encounter with Wittgenstein is central to Badiou's overall project--and that a continuing dialogue with the exemplar of anti-philosophy is crucial for contemporary philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlain Badiou\u003c\/b\u003e teaches philosophy at the École normale supérieure and the Collège international de philosophie in Paris. In addition to several novels, plays and political essays, he has published a number of major philosophical works, including \u003ci\u003eTheory of the Subject\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeing and Event\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eManifesto for Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGilles Deleuze\u003c\/i\u003e. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Sarkozy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEthics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMetapolitics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePolemics, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Hypothesis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFive Lessons on Wagner\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein's Anti-Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruno Bosteels\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of Romance Studies at Cornell University, is the author of \u003ci\u003eBadiou and Politics, Marx and Freud in Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Actuality of Communism\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the translator of several books by Alain Badiou: \u003ci\u003eTheory of the Subject, Can Politics Be Thought?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Antiphilosophy? Essays on Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Lacan\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently serves as the General Editor of \u003ci\u003eDiacritics\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47348508655865,"sku":"9781844672240","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dybXhF53QA9781844672240_8ba54c87-e762-45b0-a74d-34072d9d2e77.webp?v=1769774436","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/wittgensteins-antiphilosophy-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}