Pocket Pantheon is an invitation to engage with the greats of postwar Western thought, such as Lacan, Sartre and Foucault, in the company of one of todayâs leading political and philosophical minds. Alain Badiou draws on his encounters with this pantheonâhis teachers, opponents and alliesâto offer unique insights into both the authors and their work. These studies form an accessible, authoritative distillation of continental theory and a capsule history of a period in Western thought.
Pocket Pantheon is an invitation to engage with the greats of postwar Western thought, such as Lacan, Sartre and Foucault, in the company of one of todayâs leading political and philosophical minds. Alain Badiou draws on his encounters with this pantheonâhis teachers, opponents and alliesâto offer unique insights into both the authors and their work. These studies form an accessible, authoritative distillation of continental theory and a capsule history of a period in Western thought.