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Theory of Subject

Subject and Appearance: On Alain Badiou’s Theory of the Subject and Logics of Worlds

Event held at Bolivar Hall Friday 20th November 2009

Speakers: Bruno Bosteels & Kristin Ross (Theory of the Subject) Alberto Toscano & Ali Alizadeh (Logics of Worlds)

Chair: Peter Hallward, Peter Osborne

Introduction (Peter Hallward): Badiou’s philosophy concerns changing the logic of the world, topologically constituted by the space of placements or l’esplace in Badiouan terminology, ‘not in order to change the bourgeoisie, but to change the bourgeois world’. Therefore he is concerned with the political project of the proletariat. There are two dominant structures to his thought:

i. The Logic of Place (splace), which is a logic of historical topology.
ii. History as aspect of the dialectic, in which history takes secondary status to politics.

The theory of a militant subject is not a science of history, in which history is mere appearance. The emphasis is on political needs over and above what seems historically or teleologically feasible.

[…] it is always in the interest of the powerful that history is mistaken for politics….Science of history? Marxism is the discourse with which the proletariat sustains itself as subject. We must never let go of this idea. [p44Theory of the Subject]

Bruno Bosteels: On The Role of History – What is Badiou’s relation to Marx? Badiou’s relation to Marx lies in the concept of inexistence (the impossible), potential and actualization. Here Borsteels made reference to Marx’s 1843 Letter to Ruge and the relationship of the dream to change in history:

“The reform of consciousness consists only in making the world aware of its own consciousness, in awakening it out of its dream about itself, inexplaining to it the meaning of its own actions.”

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Sentence

The definitions are clear and clarify the meaning. But for help with using the language, the examplesare especially important, and the 7,500 frequent words are accompanied by a wealth of examples. These examples show a variety of significant features:

·         typical grammatical structures

·         typical collocations

·         typical contexts

Examples support the grammatical descriptions and demonstrate how those grammatical features actually work. So when the entry for like says that the verb occurs in the structure

like doing something

the example clarifies the structure by showing

I like going out to parties with friends or watching TV.

Similarly, at the entry for want the grammatical structure

want something done

is illustrated by the example

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Definition Of Subject

:  one that is placed under authority or control: as
a :  vassal

b (1) :  one subject to a monarch and governed by the monarch’s law (2) :  one who lives in the territory of, enjoys the protection of, and owes allegiance to a sovereign power or state

2
a :  that of which a quality, attribute, or relation may be affirmed or in which it may inhere
b :  substratum; especially :  material or essential substance

c :  the mind, ego, or agent of whatever sort that sustains or assumes the form of thought or consciousness


3
a :  a department of knowledge or learning
b :  motive, cause

c (1) :  one that is acted on <the helpless subject of their cruelty> (2) :  an individual whose reactions or responses are studied (3) :  a dead body for anatomical study and dissection

d (1) :  something concerning which something is said or done <the subjectof the essay> (2) :  something represented or indicated in a work of art

e (1) :  the term of a logical proposition that denotes the entity of which something is affirmed or denied; also :  the entity denoted (2) :  a word or word group denoting that of which something is predicated

f :  the principal melodic phrase on which a musical composition or movement is based

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Definition Verbal

Full Definition of VERBAL
1
a :  of, relating to, or consisting of words <verbal instructions>
b :  of, relating to, or involving words rather than meaning or substance <a consistency that is merely verbal and scholastic — B. N. Cardozo>

c :  consisting of or using words only and not involving action <verbalabuse>

2
:  of, relating to, or formed from a verb <a verbal adjective>
3
:  spoken rather than written <a verbal contract>
4
:  verbatim, word-for-word <a verbal translation>
5
:  of or relating to facility in the use and comprehension of words <verbalaptitude>

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Definition of Object

Full Definition of OBJECT
1
a :  something material that may be perceived by the senses <I see anobject in the distance>
b :  something that when viewed stirs a particular emotion (as pity) <look to the tragic loading of this bed … the object poisons sight; let it be hid — Shakespeare>

2
a :  something mental or physical toward which thought, feeling, or action is directed <an object for study> <the object of my affection> <delicately carved art objects>
b :  something physical that is perceived by an individual and becomes an agent for psychological identification <the mother is the primary object of the child>

3
a :  the goal or end of an effort or activity :  purpose, objective <their objectis to investigate the matter thoroughly>
b :  a cause for attention or concern <money is no object>

4
:  a thing that forms an element of or constitutes the subject matter of an investigation or science
5
a :  a noun or noun equivalent (as a pronoun, gerund, or clause) denoting the goal or result of the action of a verb
b :  a noun or noun equivalent in a prepositional phrase

6
a :  a data structure in object-oriented programming that can contain functions as well as data, variables, and other data structures
b :  a discrete entity (as a window or icon) in computer graphics that can be manipulated independently of other such entities

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Sentence


The definitions are clear and clarify the meaning. But for help with using the language, the examples are especially important, and the 7,500 frequent words are accompanied by a wealth of examples. These examples show a variety of significant features:

typical grammatical structures
typical collocations
typical contexts
Examples support the grammatical descriptions and demonstrate how those grammatical features actually work. So when the entry for like says that the verb occurs in the structure

like doing something

the example clarifies the structure by showing

I like going out to parties with friends or watching TV.

Similarly, at the entry for want the grammatical structure

want something done

is illustrated by the example

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Theory of Subject

Subject and Appearance: On Alain Badiou’s Theory of the Subject and Logics of Worlds

Event held at Bolivar Hall Friday 20th November 2009

Speakers: Bruno Bosteels & Kristin Ross (Theory of the Subject) Alberto Toscano & Ali Alizadeh (Logics of Worlds)

Chair: Peter Hallward, Peter Osborne

Introduction (Peter Hallward): Badiou’s philosophy concerns changing the logic of the world, topologically constituted by the space of placements or l’esplace in Badiouan terminology, ‘not in order to change the bourgeoisie, but to change the bourgeois world’. Therefore he is concerned with the political project of the proletariat. There are two dominant structures to his thought:

i. The Logic of Place (splace), which is a logic of historical topology.
ii. History as aspect of the dialectic, in which history takes secondary status to politics.

The theory of a militant subject is not a science of history, in which history is mere appearance. The emphasis is on political needs over and above what seems historically or teleologically feasible.

[…] it is always in the interest of the powerful that history is mistaken for politics….Science of history? Marxism is the discourse with which the proletariat sustains itself as subject. We must never let go of this idea. [p44Theory of the Subject]

Bruno Bosteels: On The Role of History – What is Badiou’s relation to Marx? Badiou’s relation to Marx lies in the concept of inexistence (the impossible), potential and actualization. Here Borsteels made reference to Marx’s 1843 Letter to Ruge and the relationship of the dream to change in history:

“The reform of consciousness consists only in making the world aware of its own consciousness, in awakening it out of its dream about itself, inexplaining to it the meaning of its own actions.”