{"product_id":"wittgensteins-antiphilosophy-alain-badiou-9781844672240","title":"Wittgenstein's Antiphilosophy","description":"Alain Badiou takes on the standard bearer of the \"linguistic turn\" in modern philosophy, and anatomizes the \"anti-philosophy\" of Ludwig Wittgenstein, in his \u003ci\u003eTractatus Logico-Philosophicus\u003c\/i\u003e. Addressing the crucial moment where Wittgenstein argues that much has to be passed over in silence--showing what cannot be said, after accepting the limits of language and meaning--Badiou argues that this mystical act reduces logic to rhetoric, truth to an effect of language games, and philosophy to a series of esoteric aphorisms. in the course of his interrogation of Wittgenstein's anti-philosophy, Badiou sets out and refines his own definitions of the universal truths that condition philosophy. Bruno Bosteels' introduction shows that this encounter with Wittgenstein is central to Badiou's overall project--and that a continuing dialogue with the exemplar of anti-philosophy is crucial for contemporary philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alain Badiou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1844672247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781844672240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Alain Badiou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978696130815,"sku":"9781844672240","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c763aa53-8d8f-4eda-840d-616492d8f22b.jpg?v=1683242671","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wittgensteins-antiphilosophy-alain-badiou-9781844672240","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}