Badiou, Alain

The rebirth of history / Rebirth of history : times of riots and uprisings Alain Badiou ; translated by Gregory Elliott. - 120 pages ; 21 cm

Originally published: Nouvelles éditions Lignes, 2011.

Introduction -- Capitalism today -- Immediate riot -- Latent riot -- Historical riot -- Riots and the West -- Riot, event, truth -- Event and political organization -- State and politics : identity and genericity -- Doctrinal summary -- To conclude (with a poet) -- Tunisia and Egypt : the universal significance of the popular uprisings -- Short dialogue on the present times. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Appendix I. Appendix II.


Translated from the French.

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Revolutions--History--21st century.
Revolutions--Social aspects
History, Modern--21st century

JC491 / .B34 2012

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