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Badiou, West to discuss equality, March 28
Posted March 19, 2006; 07:57 p.m.
Alain Badiou, a renowned French philosopher, novelist and
playwright, and Cornel West, the Class of 1943 University Professor of
Religion at Princeton, will discuss "Is It Possible to Enjoy Personal
Liberty Without Collective Equality?" on Tuesday, March 28. The program
will begin at 4:30 p.m. in McCosh 50.
Badiou, a professor of philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure in
Paris, is the author of numerous writings on art, politics and religion
that have had significant influence on the continent of Europe and also
are taking hold in the United States. Eight of his books have been
translated into English in the past two years, including "Being and
Event," the cornerstone of his work.
West is one of the nation's most widely known and quoted public
intellectuals on the topics of American society, race, politics and
class issues. His 1993 bestseller, ''Race Matters,'' was regarded as a
groundbreaking book that examined the impact of racism on America.
The event is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion, the
Council of the Humanities, the departments of comparative literature,
English, French and Italian, philosophy and religion, Dollars &
Sins, the Graduate School, the Program in European Cultural Studies and
the University Center for Human Values.