The Limits of The Subject in Badiou's Being and Event
Keywords:
Badiou, Axiom of Choice, Subject, Individual, Non-constructible Sets, TemporalityAbstract
This essay is an examination of the limits of the model of the subject that Badiou establishes in emBeing and Event/em. This will concentrate on both emBeing and Event/em, and the later ethical developments introduced in emEthics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil/em. My aim will be to show that there is a possible subjective figure, based on the independence of the Axiom of Choice, which remains unexamined in both these works. The introduction of this new subjective figure not only complicates Badioursquo;s ethical categories of Good and Evil, but it also raises questions about the nature of the subject in general in his philosophy.Published
27-10-2006
How to Cite
Smith, B. A. (2006). The Limits of The Subject in Badiou’s Being and Event. Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, 2(1-2), 134–158. Retrieved from https://cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/31
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No. 1