Paquette, Elisabeth
Universal Emancipation: Race beyond Badiou
- ISBN 13:
- 9781517909444
- author:
- Paquette, Elisabeth
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 200
- Dimensions:
- 21.6 x 14 x 2.5 centimeters
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Race Relations,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Universal Emancipation: A Critical Analysis of Alain Badiou's Philosophy. Elisabeth Paquette offers a powerful critical analysis of Alain Badiou's philosophical system, revealing a crucial weakness in his approach to (in)difference and identity. This timely contribution to the growing scholarship on Badiou's thought highlights the tensions between universal principles and attention to difference, particularly in the context of racialized subjects. Paquette examines two key examples within Badiou's theory: the Négritude movement and the Haitian Revolution. Her analysis demonstrates that Badiou's distinction between culture and politics fails to account for the experiences of racialized individuals, rendering his theory of emancipation less effective in thinking about freedom and justice.
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