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Alain Badiou

Simply earthlings

Alain Badiou: Migrants and Militants

MIGRANTS: How hospitable can one be expected to be? Those who do not belong anywhere become poets, because they have to invent a new form of world citizenship, writes Alain Badiou.
Anders Dunk -

Žižek as a Communist

COMMUNISM: December 7, the Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek comes to Bergen to participate in the Holberg debate. During the debate, he will explain why he is still a communist. He will also be interviewed by the American economist Tyler Cowen.
Eivind Tjønneland -

Towards a united humanity

Alain Badiou: I Know There Are So Many Of You

: We live in the middle of a world historical drama where the revolutionary hope must be maintained. Only in this way can we build civilization for everyone, claims the philosopher Alain Badiou.
Anders Dunk -

To the youth nowadays 

Alain Badiou: The True Life. A Plea for Corrupting the You

: The aging Alain Badiou has written an advanced confirmation speech about existential anguish as an opening towards a better society. 
Anders Dunk -

While we wait for communism

Alain Badiou: Un parcours grec Circonstances, 8

: We are in the last phase of a reactionary period that has lasted for 40 years, Alain Badiou believes: The communist idea will soon reappear.
Mikkel Bolt -
Migrants and Militants
Forfatter: Alain Badiou
Forlag: Polity Books (USA)
MIGRANTS / How hospitable can one be expected to be? Those who do not belong anywhere become poets, because they have to invent a new form of world citizenship, writes Alain Badiou.

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