1st Printing. 225 pages. Published in 2001. The philosopher/author's account on subject. One of Alain Badiou's finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United Kingdom. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are several. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Alain Badiou's "Ethics: An Essay On The Understanding of Evil". In so many ways, his most scathing, most rigorous, and at the same time, most accessible book. It had to be almost completely non-academic and stripped of impenetrable academic jargon. Because: The subject is much too important to be left to a handful of scholars. Most so-called thinkers as well as politicians today are deeply interested in and committed to ethics in a way that they are not at all with philosophy. "Ethical questions dominate current political and academic agendas. While government think-tanks ponder the dilemmas of bio-ethics, medical ethics, and professional ethics, respect for human rights and reverence for The Other have become matters of broad consensus. Alain Badiou, one of the most powerful voices in contemporary French philosophy, explodes the facile assumptions behind this ethical turn. He shows how our prevailing ethical principles serve ultimately to reinforce an ideology of the status quo, and fail to provide a framework for an effective understanding of the concept of evil. In contrast, Badiou summons up an 'ethics of truths', which is designed both to sustain and inspire a disciplined adherence to a militant cause (be it political or scientific, artistic or romantic), and to discern a finely demarcated zone of application for the concept of evil. He defends an effectively supra-human integrity over the respect for human rights, asserts a partisan universality over the negotiation of merely particular interests, and appeals to an immortal value beyond the protection of mortal privileges" (Publisher's blurb). "The theme of human rights is compatible with the self-satisfied egoism of the affluent West, with advertising, and with service rendered to the powers-that-be" (Alain Badiou). An absolute "must-have" title for Alain Badiou collectors. This title is a great book. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing/First-State Black DJ (British) available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: ALL other copies available online have serious flaws or are in the Second-State DJ. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. A fine collectible copy. One of the greatest philosophers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALAIN BADIOU TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1859842976.

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T�tulo: ETHICS: AN ESSAY ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF EVIL - Rare Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing/First-State DJ - ONLY COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION ONLINE
Editor: London, England: Verso, 2001
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2001
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 1859842976
ISBN 13: 9781859842973
Encuadernaci�n: Hardcover
Edici�n: 1st Edition.
Estado: As New
Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New
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Ethical questions dominate current political and academic agendas. While government think-tanks ponder the dilemmas of bio-ethics, medical ethics and professional ethics, respect for human rights and reverence for the Other have become matters of broad consensus. Alain Badiou, one of the most powerful voices in contemporary French philosophy, explodes the facile assumptions behind this recent ethical turn. He shows how our prevailing ethical principles serve ultimately to reinforce an ideology of the status quo, and fail to provide a framework for an effective understanding of the concept of evil. In contrast, Badiou summons up an "ethic of truths" which is designed both to sustain and inspire a disciplined, subjective adherence to a militant cause (be it political or scientific, artistic or romantic), and to discern a finely demarcated zone of application for the concept of evil. He defends an effectively super-human integrity over the respect for merely human rights, asserts a partisan universality over the negotiation of merely particular interests, and appeals to an "immortal" value beyond the protection of mortal privileges.

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Alain Badiou teaches philosophy at the E?cole normale sup�rieure and the Coll�ge international de philosophie in Paris. In addition to several novels, plays and political essays, he has published a number of major philosophical works, including Theory of the Subject, Being and Event, Manifesto for Philosophy, and Gilles Deleuze. His recent books include The Meaning of Sarkozy, Ethics, Metapolitics, Polemics, The Communist Hypothesis, Five Lessons on Wagner, and Wittgenstein's Anti-Philosophy.

Peter Hallward teaches at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University, London. He is the author of several books including Absolutely Postcolonial, Badiou: A Subject to Truth, Out of This World: Deleuze and the Philosophy of Creation, and Damming the Flood.

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