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Description

1. v,75 pages; 20 cm

Summary

1. In this short book the influential philosopher Alain Badiou argues that while these violent events are commonly portrayed as acts of Islamic terrorism, in fact they attest to a much deeper malaise that is connected to the triumph of global capitalism and to new forms of imperialism that involve the weakening of states, such that whole regions of the world have been turned into ungovernable zones run by armed gangs in which ordinary people are forced to live the most precarious lives. These zones have become the breeding ground for a new kind of nihilism that seeks revenge for the domination of the West. And it is this new nihilism, on to which Islam has been grafted, that exerts a particular appeal to the young men and women on the margins who carried out the atrocities in Paris. The tragedy of 13 November might appear at first sight to be rooted in immigration and Islam but our wound is not so recent: it is rooted in a deeper set of transformations that have reshaped our world, creating small islands of privilege amidst large masses of the destitute and depriving us of a politics that would offer a serious alternative to the present. -- Provided by publisher.

Uniform title

1. Notre mal vient de plus loin. English

Alternative title

1. Notre mal vient de plus loin.

Subject

1. Terrorism
2. Political violence
3. Terrorism > Social aspects
4. Capitalism
5. Terrorism > France > Paris > History > 21st century
6. History
7. 2000-2099
8. France > Paris

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Structure of the Contemporary World: The Triumph of Globalized Capital / The Weakening of States / The New Practices of Imperialism -- Effects on Populations -- Reactive Subjectivities -- Contemporary Fascism -- Who are the Killers? -- The States Reaction: France and War -- The Conditions of a Return to Politics of Emancipation, Detached from the Schema of the Contemporary World

Call number

1. JFD 17-114

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Author

1. Badiou, Alain, author.

Title

1. Our wound is not so recent : thinking the Paris killings of 13 November / Alain Badiou, Translated by Robin Mackay.

Publisher

1. Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2016.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological term

1. 2000-2099

LCCN

1. 2016013510

ISBN

1. 9781509514939 (hardback : alk. paper)
2. 1509514937 (hardback : alk. paper)
3. 9781509514953 (mobi)

Research call number

1. JFD 17-114