{"product_id":"ahmed-the-philosopher-alain-badiou-9780231166935","title":"Ahmed the Philosopher: Thirty-Four Short Plays for Children \u0026 Everyone Else","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnglish-speaking readers might be surprised to learn that Alain Badiou writes fiction and plays along with his philosophical works and that they are just as important to understanding his larger intellectual project. In \u003ci\u003eAhmed the Philosopher\u003c\/i\u003e, Badiou's most entertaining and accessible play, translated into English here for the first time, readers are introduced to Badiou's philosophy through a theatrical tour de force that has met with much success in France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAhmed the Philosoph\u003c\/i\u003eer presents its comic hero, the \"treacherous servant\" Ahmed, as a seductively trenchant philosopher even as it casts philosophy itself as a comic performance. The comedy unfolds as a series of lessons, with each \"short play\" or sketch illuminating a different Badiousian concept. Yet Ahmed does more than illustrate philosophical abstractions; he embodies and vivifies the theatrical and performative aspects of philosophy, mobilizing a comic energy that exposes the emptiness and pomp of the world. Through his example, the audience is moved to a living engagement with philosophy, discovering in it the power to break through the limits of everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alain Badiou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231166931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231166935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Alain Badiou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946363420927,"sku":"9780231166935","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b57e91bf-c559-49bb-ae6d-537a2e987759.jpg?v=1681512720","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ahmed-the-philosopher-alain-badiou-9780231166935","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}