Alain Badiou is a philosopher, playwright, and novelist, and an Emeritus Professor at the cole Normale Sup rieure, Paris.
What is our task today? Reading Trump as the symptom of global capitalism's political crisis, Badiou compellingly argues that our task is to bring into existence a strategic choice between capitalism and communism. Anything less confines us to the present's democratic fascism. This crucial intervention eschews fear and despair as it finds hope in the creation of a divisive, communist politics. -Jodi Dean, author of Crowds and Party Approachable and insightful, and will satisfy both general readers and readers more knowledgeable about political theory. -Publishers Weekly