Badiou's Being and Event and the Mathematics of Set Theory

Alain Badiou''s Being and Event continues to impact philosophical investigations into the question of Being. By exploring the central role set theory plays in this influential work, Burhanuddin Baki presents the first extended study of Badiou''s use of mathematics in Being and Event.

Adopting a clear, straightforward approach, Baki gathers together and explains the technical details of the relevan...