{"product_id":"9789875001411","title":"SECOND MANIFESTO FOR PHILOSOPHY","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSECOND MANIFESTO FOR PHILOSOPHY\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook summary\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this work, Alain Badiou picks up the thread of his reflection on the state of philosophy two decades after his first manifesto. Facing an intellectual landscape where the discipline seems to be diluted by relativism and opinion, the author proposes a radical intervention: restoring the philosophical gesture as an act of thought that dares to affirm universal truths. The reader will find a combative and lucid essay that not only diagnoses the current crisis but also charts a path to revitalize philosophy as a living and necessary practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is it about?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty years ago, Badiou's first manifesto rose up against the announcement of the \"end\" of philosophy and proposed replacing that problematic with the slogan \"one step more.\" Now, the situation has changed. At that time, philosophy was threatened in its very existence by currents that decreed its obsolescence. Today, the danger is different: philosophy survives, but it runs the risk of becoming just another academic discourse, stripped of its critical and transformative power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBadiou analyzes how contemporary thought has been captured by the \"world of opinion,\" communication, and soft consensus. Faced with this, he reclaims four conditions for philosophy to return to what it should be: science, art, politics, and love as sources of truths that the philosopher must articulate. The book is, at once, a diagnosis of our time and a programmatic proposal for those who still believe in the capacity of thought to interrupt the established order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMain themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe crisis of contemporary philosophy and its transformation into mere erudition or commentary.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe critique of relativism and \"weak thought\" as symptoms of the era.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe reclamation of philosophy as an act of affirming universal truths.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe role of science, art, politics, and love as necessary conditions for philosophizing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe figure of the philosopher as a militant of thought, not an academic specialist.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho is it recommended for?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is aimed at students and professionals in philosophy, social sciences, and the humanities who are looking for a rigorous analysis of the current state of thought. It will also interest readers with previous philosophical training who want to confront their ideas with one of the most lucid and combative voices in the contemporary intellectual landscape. It is not an introduction to philosophy, but a text that requires a certain familiarity with the debates of 20th-century thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this book offers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAn accurate diagnosis of how philosophy has been neutralized by the culture of opinion and academicism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA concrete proposal to recover the philosophical gesture as an intervention in the real.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAn update of Badiou's thought, which connects his previous theses with the challenges of the present.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eConceptual tools to distinguish between authentic philosophy and its contemporary substitutes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA passionate defense of the need for truth in a world that has renounced it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTechnical specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: BADIOU, ALAIN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: MANANTIAL EDICIONES SRL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: Spanish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubject: HUMANITIES, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION AND BELIEFS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eCollection: BORDES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003ePublication date: October 2010\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eNumber of pages: 153\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 143 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEditorial review\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis second manifesto is presented as a necessary text for those who follow Badiou's thought or for those interested in understanding the debates running through contemporary philosophy. Its combative tone and clarity of argument make it a stimulating read, capable of provoking both adhesion and controversy. It is a brief but dense work that effectively condenses the central concerns of one of the most influential philosophers of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MANANTIAL EDICIONES SRL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53407604867419,"sku":"9789875001411","price":8.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/0650\/6331\/files\/978987500141.jpg?v=1781857651","url":"https:\/\/kalamobooks.com\/en\/products\/9789875001411","provider":"Kalamo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}