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Author Badiou, Alain.

Title The meaning of Sarkozy / Alain Badiou ; translated by David Fernbach
Published London : Verso, 2008

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Description 117 pages ; 21 cm
Contents Introduction to the English-Language Edition -- 1. Before the Election -- 2. After the Election -- 3. Eight Points, to Start With -- 4. Only One World -- 5. Courage in these Circumstances -- 6. France's Transcendental: Petainism -- 7. The Incorruptible -- 8. Must the Communist Hypothesis Be Abandoned? -- 9. The History of the Communist Hypothesis and Its Present Moment
Summary "Alain Badiou, France's leading radical theorist and commentator, dissects the Sarkozy phenomenon in this sharp, focused intervention. He argues that the election of Nicolas Sarkozy as President does not necessarily signal a crucial turning point in French politics, nor require a further rightward move from competing electoral forces." "To understand the significance of Sarkozy,we have to look beyond the right-wing populism and vulgarity of the man himself, and ask what he represents: a reactionary tradition that goes back to the early nineteenth century, a tradition based on fear." "Badiou argues that to escape from the atmosphere of depression and anxiety that currently envelops the Left, we need to cast aside the slavish worship of electoral democracy. In a characteristically doughty and wide-ranging conclusion, Alain Badiou maps out a 'communist hypothesis' that can lay the basis for a genuine emancipatory politics in the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET
Notes First published as De quoi Sarkozy est-il le nom? by Nouvelles Editions Lignes, c2007
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Sarkozy, Nicolas, 1955-
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 1955- -- Influence.
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 1955- -- Political and social views.
France. President (2007- : Sarkozy)
Political campaigns -- France.
Presidents -- France -- Election -- 2007.
Presidents -- France.
Right and left (Political science)
SUBJECT France -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051450 -- 1995-
France -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051450 -- 2007-
France -- Politics and government -- 2007-2012. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007003856
Author Fernbach, David.
LC no. 2009275438
ISBN 9781844673094
Other Titles De quoi Sarkozy est-il le nom? English
Sarkozy