Alain Badiou- Ethics- An Essay on the Understanding of Evil 2001

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3、fromtheLibraryofCongressn.xContentsTranslator'sIntroductionVIInIIIIntroduction1IDoesManExist?42DoestheOtherExist?183EthicsasaFigureofNihilism30Conclusion90Appendix:PoliticsandPhilosophy:AnIntelViewwithAlainBadiou95nexTranslator'sIntroduction1Intendedforageneralaudience,andfirstpublishedinapopul

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