Philosophy, Sophistry, Antiphilosophy

Alain Badiou''s work in philosophy, though daunting, has gained a receptive and steadily growing Anglophone readership. What is not well known is the extent to which Badiou''s positions, vis-à-vis ontology, ethics, politics and the very meaning of philosophy, were hammered out in dispute with the late Jean-François Lyotard. Matthew R. McLennan''s Philosophy, Sophistry, Antiphilosophy is the first ...