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The Politics of Logic
Badiou, Wittgenstein, and the Consequences of Formalism
Taschenbuch von Paul Livingston
Sprache: Englisch

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In this book, Livingston develops the political implications of formal results obtained over the course of the twentieth century in set theory, metalogic, and computational theory. He argues that the results achieved by thinkers such as Cantor, Russell, Godel, Turing, and Cohen, even when they suggest inherent paradoxes and limitations to the structuring capacities of language or symbolic thought, have far-reaching implications for understanding the nature of political communities and their development and transformation. Alain Badiou's analysis of logical-mathematical structures forms the backbone of his comprehensive and provocative theory of ontology, politics, and the possibilities of radical change. Through interpretive readings of Badiou's work as well as the texts of Giorgio Agamben, Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, Livingston develops a formally based taxonomy of critical positions on the nature and structure of political communities. These readings, along with readings of Parmenides and Plato, show how the formal results can transfigure two interrelated and ancient problems of the One and the Many: the problem of the relationship of a Form or Idea to the many of its participants, and the problem of the relationship of a social whole to its many constituents.
In this book, Livingston develops the political implications of formal results obtained over the course of the twentieth century in set theory, metalogic, and computational theory. He argues that the results achieved by thinkers such as Cantor, Russell, Godel, Turing, and Cohen, even when they suggest inherent paradoxes and limitations to the structuring capacities of language or symbolic thought, have far-reaching implications for understanding the nature of political communities and their development and transformation. Alain Badiou's analysis of logical-mathematical structures forms the backbone of his comprehensive and provocative theory of ontology, politics, and the possibilities of radical change. Through interpretive readings of Badiou's work as well as the texts of Giorgio Agamben, Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, Livingston develops a formally based taxonomy of critical positions on the nature and structure of political communities. These readings, along with readings of Parmenides and Plato, show how the formal results can transfigure two interrelated and ancient problems of the One and the Many: the problem of the relationship of a Form or Idea to the many of its participants, and the problem of the relationship of a social whole to its many constituents.
Über den Autor

Paul M. Livingston is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico. He writes on philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and political philosophy, both analytic and continental. His previous books are: Philosophical History and the Problem of Consciousness (Cambridge, 2004) and Philosophy and the Vision of Language (Routledge, 2008).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents Acknowledgments Methodological Preface I: Introductory 1: Introduction: An Inquiry into Forms of Life II. Paradoxico-Criticism 2: Origins of Paradoxico-Criticism: Structuralism and Analytic Philosophy 3: Deleuze, Plato, and the Paradoxes of Sense 4: Derrida and Formalism: Formalizing the Undecidable 5: Wittgenstein and Parmenides 6: Wittgenstein and Turing III: Badiou and the Stakes of Formalism 7: Formalism and Force: The Many Worlds of Badiou 8: Badiou vs. Paradoxico-Criticism 9: Paradoxico: Critique of Badiou 10: The Politics of Logic: Critical and Practical Consequences Notes Bibliography Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781138016767
ISBN-10: 1138016764
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Livingston, Paul
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Paul Livingston
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.02.2014
Gewicht: 0,597 kg
Artikel-ID: 128435689
Über den Autor

Paul M. Livingston is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico. He writes on philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and political philosophy, both analytic and continental. His previous books are: Philosophical History and the Problem of Consciousness (Cambridge, 2004) and Philosophy and the Vision of Language (Routledge, 2008).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents Acknowledgments Methodological Preface I: Introductory 1: Introduction: An Inquiry into Forms of Life II. Paradoxico-Criticism 2: Origins of Paradoxico-Criticism: Structuralism and Analytic Philosophy 3: Deleuze, Plato, and the Paradoxes of Sense 4: Derrida and Formalism: Formalizing the Undecidable 5: Wittgenstein and Parmenides 6: Wittgenstein and Turing III: Badiou and the Stakes of Formalism 7: Formalism and Force: The Many Worlds of Badiou 8: Badiou vs. Paradoxico-Criticism 9: Paradoxico: Critique of Badiou 10: The Politics of Logic: Critical and Practical Consequences Notes Bibliography Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781138016767
ISBN-10: 1138016764
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Livingston, Paul
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Paul Livingston
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.02.2014
Gewicht: 0,597 kg
Artikel-ID: 128435689
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