The Meaning Of Sarkozy

A trenchant and witty dissection of the French political scene by the leadingradical philosopher. Alain Badiou in this sharp and focused interventionclaims that... » 

A trenchant and witty dissection of the French political scene by the leadingradical philosopher. Alain Badiou in this sharp and focused interventionclaims that in and of itself the election of Nicolas Sarkozy as President isnot an event nor is it the cause for wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth.To understand the significance of Sarkozy we have to look behind theinsignificance and vulgarity of the figure and ask what he represents namely areactionary tradition which goes back to the early nineteenth century. Toescape from the ambience of depression and fear that currently envelops theLeft Badiou casts aside the slavish worship of electoral democracy and mapsout a communist hypothesis that can lay the basis for emancipatory politics inthe twentyfirst century. «