CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN MODERN EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY
MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY
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Subject and Appearance
On Alain Badiou’s Theory of the Subject and Logics of Worlds
Friday 20 November 2009
Bolivar Hall, 54 Grafton way, London WC1 5DL
10.00 Registration
10.20 Introduction, Peter Hallward
10.30 SUBJECT
Bruno Bosteels Theory of the Subject
(Cornell University, NY)
Kristin Ross ‘Badiou, Mallarmé and the Commune’
( New York University)
11.15 Discussion
Chair: Peter Hallward
12.30 Lunch break
1.45 APPEARANCE
Alberto Toscano Logics of Worlds
(Goldsmiths, London)
Ali Alizadeh ‘Badiou and Hegel’
(CRMEP, Middlesex University)
2.30: Discussion
Chair: Peter Osborne
3.45 Break
4.00 Subject, Appearance, Politics
Panel: Ali Alizadeh, Bruno Bosteels, Nina Power, Kristin Ross, Alberto Toscano
Chair: Éric Alliez
4.30 Closing discussion
5.00–6.30 Reception
Continuum has kindly provided access to the following extracts from the books, to which we plan to pay particular attention:
Theory of the Subject
http://www.continuumbooks.com/download/Theory_of_the_Subject_Extract.pdf
- preface, pp. xxxviii-xlii (following the translator's introduction)
- pp. 98-110 (Mallarmé)
- pp. 259-274 (the inexistent)
Logics of Worlds
http://www.continuumbooks.com/download/Logics_of_Worlds_Extract.pdf
- pp. 141-152 (Hegel)
- 217-221 (postulate of materialism)
- 277-289 (retroaction)
- 321-324 (the inexistent)
- 363-380 (Commune, and in particular pp. 376-380)
The event is free but reservation is essential. Contact Tom Eyers on: TE122@live.mdx.ac.uk.
The event has been organised with the generous support of the Bolivarian Government of Venezuela, and with funding from the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy.
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