The Militant Historian: The Concept of History in the Work of Alain Badiou by Purcell, Kerry William

The Militant Historian: The Concept of History in the Work of Alain Badiou

This is the first wide-ranging analysis of Alain Badiou's use, development and transformation of the concept of...
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Author: Kerry William Purcell
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The Militant Historian: The Concept of History in the Work of Alain Badiou by Purcell, Kerry William

The Militant Historian: The Concept of History in the Work of Alain Badiou

$374.26

The Militant Historian: The Concept of History in the Work of Alain Badiou

$374.26
Author: Kerry William Purcell
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
This is the first wide-ranging analysis of Alain Badiou's use, development and transformation of the concept of history. Despite the wealth of perspectives now available on how social and cultural practices take shape, historicism still appears to be the most dominant. The Militant Historian examines this primacy and reveals how Badiou's work offers a radical riposte.
Exploring key texts in Badiou's oeuvre and how his philosophical ideas disrupt dominant conceptions of history and the role of the historian, Kerry William Purcell addresses how these ideas could transform our approaches to the historical and what it means to 'do history' as a meaningful endeavour. Adopting a chronological approach to Badiou's work, each chapter explores specific conceptual developments in his writing and how they lend themselves to a reconsideration of the subject who speaks history. From these new and disruptive modes of doing emerges the figure of the militant historian - a role with the potential to impact how we practice history outside the narrow strictures of academic life.

Author: Kerry William Purcell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 11/28/2024
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781350381056

About the Author
Kerry William Purcell is a Senior Lecturer in Design History at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He specialises in visual cultural theory, and has previously written on the philosophy of history and key figures in the history of visual culture.

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