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The One: Descartes, Plato, Kant
Alain Badiou's 1983-1984 lecture series on "the One" is the earliest of his seminars that he has...
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Alain Badiou's 1983-1984 lecture series on "the One" is the earliest of his seminars that he has chosen to publish. It focuses on the philosophical concept of oneness in the works of Descartes, Plato, and Kant--a crucial foil for his signature metaphysical concept, the multiple. Badiou declares that there is no "One" there is no fundamental unit of being; being is inherently multiple.
What is novel in Badiou's view of multiplicity is his reliance on mathematics, and set theory in particular. A set is a collection of things--yet, as he observes, it often is taken to "count as one" operationally for the purposes of mathematical transformations. In this seminar, distinguishing between "the One" and "counting as one" emerges as essential to Badiou's ontological project. His analysis of reflections on oneness in Descartes, Plato, and Kant prefigures core arguments of his defining work, Being and Event. Showcasing the seeds of Badiou's key ideas and later thought, The One features singular readings, breathtaking theorizations, and frequently astonishing offhand remarks.Author: Alain Badiou
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 02/04/2025
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9780231218801
About the Author
Alain Badiou is emeritus professor of philosophy at the École normale supérieure in Paris. His seminars published by Columbia University Press include Lacan (2018), Malebranche (2019), and Images of the Present Time (2023).
Jacques Lezra is professor and chair of Hispanic studies at the University of California, Riverside. Susan Spitzer is a frequent translator of Badiou's works. Kenneth Reinhard is research professor of comparative literature and English at the University of California, Los Angeles.Returns Policy
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