New Badiou Journal Issue
The upcoming issue of Symposium promises to be an interesting read, devoted as it is to a look at Badiou's work from multiple angles. It includes a discussion between Badiou and Simon Critchley on ethics and Infinitely Demanding, as well as numerous other intriguing articles from the likes of Alberto Toscano, Gabriel Riera, Todd May and Tzuchien Tho, among others. My own piece managed to find its way in too, and I'm rather honoured to be included among such preeminent Badiou scholars. The whole issue (and indeed, the journal itself, which has been consistently great) comes highly recommended!
[UPDATE: Here's a copy of my own contribution.]
PROPOSED TABLE OF CONTENTS
ALAIN BADIOU: SYMPOSIUM: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy/Revue canadienne de philosophie continentale
Preface: Alain Beaulieu (Laurentian University): A general discussion of who Badiou is and why his work has been so influential in Europe and abroad.
Introduction: Antonio Calcagno (King’s University College): Presentation of the themes, authors and content of the volume.
I. Alain Badiou and Simon Critchley: Alain Badiou on Infinitely Demanding, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, November 15th, 2007 [A Discussion between Simon Critchley and Alain Badiou on finitude and infinite ethical responsibility]
MATHEMATICAL MULTIPLICITY
II. Tzuchien Tho (University of Hong Kong): The Consistency of Inconsistency: Alain Badiou and the Limits of Mathematical Ontology
POLITICAL MULTIPLICITIES
III. Nick Srnicek: What is to be Done? Alain Badiou and the Pre-Evental
IV. Jeff Love and Todd May, (Clemson University): From Universality to Equality: Badiou’s Critique of Rancière
COUNTING “ONE” ETHICS AND PHENOMENOLOGY
V. Gert-Jan van der Heiden (Radboud University Nijmegen): The Scintillation of the Event: On Badiou’s Phenomenology
VI. Gabriel Riera (University of Illinois at Chicago): “Living with an Idea”: Ethics and Politics in Badiou’s Logiques des mondes
THE TWO AND BEYOND OF RELIGION
VII. Nandita Biswas Mellamphy and Dan Mellamphy (UWO): Paulitics
VIII. William Rowe (University of Scranton): Badiou and the Excluded Sacred
SUBJECTIVITY, LOVE AND MANY HISTORIES
IX. Alberto Toscano (Goldsmiths, University of London): Emblems and Cuts: Philosophy In and Against History
