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Pill Pod 83 - The Idea of Communism - Alain Badiou

PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast

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Badger's Ontology and Its Implications, Right?

A lot of Western thought has been about trying to describe reality as some kind of totality, which he expresses in a number of different ways. His argument is that his interpretation of set theory proves that you can't describe reality in this kind of way. It's always defined by multiplicities. And the reason why politically this is important is various forms of ideology and the state try to insist that actually we have settled on the right kind of politics.

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