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In this episode, I am joined by Chris, the Badiou enthusiast who runs the Badiou quote page on Twitter, to help provide an introduction to the contemporary communist French philosopher Alain Badiou and a general (very general) overview of his key ideas. This includes Badiou's theory of being and ‘Events,' his truth procedures, ethics, love, and his theory of the subject, and we try to apply them to current times. We also discuss Badiou’s “metapolitics,” Badiou’s differences with Marxist theory, and his relation to Maoism and political Marxism, and more. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in philosophy and radical egalitarian politics.
Timestamp
0:00 Introduction
04:24 Relationship to Marxist politics
09:14 Being, Multiplicity, Mathematics
18:27 The Event and the Subject
25:59 Mao vs Stalinism
40:57 What is an Event?
50:52 Politics as Sequences
58:28 Truth and the Three Subjects
1:11:30 History, Agency, and Platonism
01:22:13 Resurrection and St. Paul
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