Tag: Alain Badiou

January 3, 2023

Announcing Our 2023 Literary Studies Catalog

Letter from the Editors: We are very excited to share our new catalog in literary studies, which includes a wide range of books in a variety of areas. Imani Owens’s Turn the World Upside Down, is one of the first...

October 10, 2022

Announcing Our 2022-2023 Philosophy Catalog

Letter from the Philosophy Editor: It is with great pleasure that I present the Columbia University Press philosophy catalog for 2022. These titles, which span subjects from critical theory to political philosophy to philosophy of religion, aesthetics, environmental and animal...

November 3, 2020

New Book Tuesday! What Would Nature Do?, Aging Behind Prison Walls, Critique on the Couch and More!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! What Would Nature Do? A Guide for Our Uncertain Times Ruth DeFries Ruth DeFries argues that a surprising set of time-tested strategies from the natural world can help humanity weather these...

September 13, 2019

Weekend Reading List: Theory and Philosophy in Translation

To continue our immersion into National Translation Month, we’ve compiled a weekend reading list of translated philosophical books for you to expand your mind’s eye beyond language barriers and borders. •  •  •  •  •  • From the Translations from...

March 19, 2019

New Book Tuesday! The Caring Heirs of Doctor Samuel Bard; Malebranche; Vice, Crime, and Poverty and More!

Our list of new books is now available! The Caring Heirs of Doctor Samuel Bard Profiles of Selected Distinguished Graduates of Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Peter Wortsman Malebranche Theological Figure, Being 2 Alain Badiou. Translated by...

September 25, 2018

New Book Tuesday! Redemption, The Freedom Schools, Where Are the Women? and More

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Redemption Friedrich Gorenstein. Translated by Andrew Bromfield Where Are the Women? Why Expanding the Archive Makes Philosophy Better Sarah Tyson The Freedom Schools Student Activists in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement...

August 28, 2014

Alain Badiou Performs a Scene from Ahmed the Philosopher

Known as one of the most important contemporary philosophers, Alain Badiou is perhaps less well-known for his abilities as an actor. However, in the video below, Badiou can be seen performing a scene from his play Ahmed the Philosopher: Thirty-Four...

April 8, 2014

New Book Tuesday: Badiou on Lacan, History, Mad Moms, and More!

The following books are now available: Jacques Lacan, Past and Present: A Dialogue Alain Badiou and Élisabeth Roudinesco History and Popular Memory: The Power of Story in Moments of Crisis Paul A. Cohen Moved by the Past: Discontinuity and Historical...

April 1, 2014

New Book Tuesday! Badiou, Honneth, Blood, Beyond News, and more New Books!

New books now available: Ahmed the Philosopher: Thirty-Four Short Plays for Children and Everyone Else Alain Badiou Blood: A Critique of Christianity Gil Anidjar Freedom’s Right: The Social Foundations of Democratic Life Axel Honneth Beyond News: The Future of Journalism...

March 1, 2013

The Life and Works of Alain Badiou

Check out our Pinterest board honoring the career of Alain Badiou.

March 1, 2013

Alain Badiou translates "What is a Philosopher?" from Plato's Republic

Read an excerpt from Alain Badiou’s creative new translation of Plato’s Republic.

February 28, 2013

Ward Blanton: Paula Versus the New Philosophers, or, Incident in Beijing

Read an essay by Professor Ward Blanton on the importance of Badiou’s The Incident at Antioch to the study of St. Paul.