Pocket Pantheon keyword-area-studies Élisabeth Roudinesco revisits his life

Élisabeth Roudinesco revisits his life and work: what it was—and what it remains

This is the first volume of those writings to appear in English

For anyone who seeks to understand the twentieth century

But the inability of the revolutionary forces to forge a genuine national structure and the political weakness of the working class doomed the radical impulse of the revolution to eventual frustration

injustice and tyranny

Pocket Pantheon keyword-area-studies Élisabeth Roudinesco revisits his lifePocket Pantheon is an invitation to engage with the greats of postwar Western thought, such as Lacan, Sartre and Foucault, in the company of one of todays leading political and philosophical minds. Alain Badiou draws on his encounters with this pantheonhis teachers, opponents and alliesto offer unique insights into both the authors and their work. These studies form an accessible, authoritative distillation of continental theory and a capsule history