Malebranche: Theological Figure, Being 2 (The Seminars of

Malebranche: Theological Figure, Being 2 (The Seminars of Alain Badiou)

Alain Badiou is perhaps the worldâ€™s most significant living philosopher. In his annual seminars on major topics and pivotal figures, Badiou developed vital aspects of his thinking on a range of subjects that he would go on to explore in his influential works. In this seminar, Badiou offers a tour de force encounter with a lesser-known seventeenth-century philosopher and theologian, Nicolas Malebranche, a contemporary and peer of Spinoza and Leibniz.

The seminar is at once a record of Badiouâ€™s thought at a key moment in the years before the publication of his most important work, Being and Event, and a lively interrogation of Malebrancheâ€™s key text, the Treatise on Nature and Grace. Badiou develops a rigorous yet novel analysis of Malebrancheâ€™s theory of grace, retracing his claims regarding the nature of creation and the relation between God and world and between God and Jesus. Through Malebranche, Badiou develops a radical concept of truth and the subject. This book renders a seemingly obscure post-Cartesian philosopher fascinating and alive, restoring him to the philosophical canon. It occupies a pivotal place in Badiouâ€™s reflections on the nature of being that demonstrates the crucial role of theology in his thinking.
Country USA
Brand Columbia University Press
Manufacturer Columbia University Press
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780231174787
ReleaseDate 2019-03-26

Country	USA
Brand	Columbia University Press
Manufacturer	Columbia University Press
Binding	Hardcover
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780231174787
ReleaseDate	2019-03-26

Malebranche: Theological Figure, Being 2 (The Seminars of Alain Badiou)

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