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Pill Pod 83 - The Idea of Communism - Alain Badiou

PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast

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The Horizon of Communism

The conference participants, although coming from different perspectives and projects shared the thesis that one should remain faithful to the name communism. If we have to abandon this hypothesis, then it is no longer worth doing anything at all in the field of collective action. Without the horizon of communism, without this idea, there is nothing in the historical and political becoming of any interest to a philosopher. Let everyone bother about their own affairs and let us stop talking about it.

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