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A journey through twentieth-century philosophy with the titan of French thought. Pocket Pantheon is an invitation to engage with the greats of postwar Western thought, such as Lacan, Sartre and Foucault, in the company of one of today's leading political and philosophical minds. Alain Badiou draws on his encounters with this pantheon – his teachers, opponents and allies – to offer unique insights into both the authors and their work. These studies form an accessible, authoritative distillation of continental theory and a capsule history of a period in Western thought. From Publishers Weekly An uneven and politically jaundiced collection of brief tributes to 14 deceased 20th-century French philosophers ranging from the renowned (Derrida, Foucault, Sartre) to those practically unknown outside of France (Gilles Châtelet, Françoise Proust) by one of the primary current contenders for the title of continental philosopher-king. Offering less an introductory primer on French thought than a series of theoretical appropriations and political alignments, Badiou ( Being and Event ) reinforces his own ideas on the relationship between thought and political action, Being as multiplicity and,

Who reads Pocket Pantheon: Figures of Postwar Philosophy (Pocket Communism)?

Author

Alain Badiou

Publisher

Verso Books

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781784786274

Category

philosophy

Subjects

History, Biography, Social Science

Rating

3.36 / 5 (87 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14