Quote of the day
My husband is exceedingly busy. For some time the talk of his going had been slack, but just now again there seems to be a move to get him sent to the front!
Alain Badiou
Born: January 17, 1937 (age 88)
Bio: Alain Badiou is a French philosopher, formerly chair of Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure and founder of the faculty of Philosophy of the Université de Paris VIII with Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault and Jean-François Lyotard.
Known for:
- Being and event (2001)
- The Communist Hypothesis (2010)
- The meaning of Sarkozy (2008)
- The Adventure of French Philosophy (2012)