Infinite Thought
Truth and the Return of Philosophy

Influenced by Plato, Lucretius, Heidegger, Lacan and Deleuze, Badiou is a critic of both the analytical and the postmodern schools of thought. His work spans the range of philosophy, from ethics, to mathematics to science, psychoanalysis, politics and art. His writing is rigorous and startling and takes no prisoners.

Influenced by Plato, Lucretius, Heidegger, Lacan and Deleuze, Badiou is a critic of both the analytical and the postmodern schools of thought. His work spans the range of philosophy, from ethics, to mathematics to science, psychoanalysis, politics and art. His writing is rigorous and startling and takes no prisoners. Infinite Thought brings together a representative selection, including a revealing interview, of the range of Alain Badiou's work, illustrating the power and diversity of his thought. The book is now regarded as The place to start to understand a philosopher who is doing no less than changing the way we think about the world. Edited and translated Oliver Feltham and Justin Clemens

An introduction to Alain Badiou's philosophy
1. Philosophy and desire
2. Philosophy and truth
3. Philosophy and politics
4. Philosophy and psychoanalysis
5. Philosophy and art
6. Philosophy and cinema
7. Philosophy and the 'death of communism'
8. Philosophy and the 'war against terrorism'
9. The definition of philosophy
10. Ontology and politics: an interview with Alain Badiou
Index of names