Alain Badiou: The Communist Hypothesis (2009–)

“A new program for the Left after the death of neoliberalism.

Alain Badiou’s formulation of the “communist hypothesis” has traveled around the world since it was first aired in early 2008, in his book The Meaning of Sarkozy. The hypothesis is partly a demand to reconceptualize communism after the twin deaths of the Soviet Union and neoliberalism, but also a fresh demand for universal emancipation. As “third way” reforms prove as empty in practice as in theory, Badiou’s manifesto is a galvanizing call to arms that needs to be reckoned with by anyone concerned with the future of our planet.”

First published as L’hypothèse communiste, 2009.

Translated by David Macey and Steve Corcoran
Publisher Verso, 2010
ISBN 1844676005, 9781844676002
279 pages

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