Badiou and Plato : : An Education by Truths / / A.J. Bartlett.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Bartlett, A.J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Introduction: Trajectory --; CHAPTER 1 State --; CHAPTER 2 Site --; CHAPTER 3 Event/Intervention --; CHAPTER 4 Fidelity --; CHAPTER 5 Subject --; CHAPTER 6 Generic --; Epilogue --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780748643769; 9783110780468
• DOI: 10.1515/9780748643769
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: A.J. Bartlett.

An interrogation of Plato’s entire work using the concepts and categories of Alain BadiouThis is the first book to critically address and draw consequences from Badiou’s claim that his work is a ‘Platonism of the multiple’ and that philosophy today requires a ‘platonic gesture’. Examining the relationship between Badiou and Plato, Bartlett radically transforms our perception of Plato’s philosophy and rethinks the central philosophical question: ‘what is education?’Key FeaturesCorrects many errors in the existing commentary on Badiou’s workExtracts a key Platonic theme crucial at every level of culture today: education