30 May 2021 — Monthly Review
By Alain Badiou
Illustration of the Paris Commune adapted from the century edition of Cassell’s History of England, (ca. 1900)
Alain Badiouis 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. He is the author of numerous books and essays.
This essay is adapted and updated from Polemics, translated by Steve Corcoran (London: Verso, 2006). The new sections have been translated by James Membrez.
The New Dark Age 