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In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Monday, June 8, 2015 18:37 - 2 Comments
An A to Z of Theory | Thomas Aquinas: Talking about Difference
Thomas Aquinas is the best-known philosopher in the Medieval European tradition. What relevance does he have for activists and radicals today? In the first of a three-part series, Andrew Robinson explores the context and concerns of Aquinas's work.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Friday, April 17, 2015 18:45 - 1 Comment
An A to Z of Theory | Alain Badiou: On Badiou Versus Deleuze
In the tenth and final instalment of his series on the French thinker, Andrew Robinson compares and contrasts Badiou's work with one of Robinson's favourite theorists, and Badiou's béte noire: Gilles Deleuze.
New in Ceasefire, Radar Reports - Thursday, April 2, 2015 20:47 - 1 Comment
On Our Radar | Nigeria Elections: “A victory for democracy, for the electorate, for the people.”
In our latest 'Radar Reports' column, correspondents from On Our Radar's Nigeria network report on a historical moment in their country's history.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Monday, March 30, 2015 12:22 - 0 Comments
An A to Z of Theory | Alain Badiou: Political Action and the Organisation Politique
In addition to his influential role in contemporary philosophy, Alain Badiou is also a political activist. In the penultimate essay of his series on the French thinker's ideas, Andrew Robinson summarises Badiou's work with the Organisation Politique in the context of a wider critique of his political theories.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, March 25, 2015 14:20 - 0 Comments
An A to Z of Theory | Alain Badiou: Politics
In the eighth installment of his ten-part series on the political thought of Alain Badiou, Andrew Robinson examines the French thinker's specifically political ideas.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Monday, March 9, 2015 17:45 - 0 Comments
An A to Z of Theory | Alain Badiou: After the Event
In this seventh of his ten-part series on Alain Badiou, Andrew Robinson explores what happens after the Event and its unfolding, and examines a number of possible pitfalls with Badiou's theory. Do actual revolutions unfold in the way which Badiou models? And can Badiou deal with Event-like processes with reactionary consequences?
New in Ceasefire, Reflections - Friday, January 30, 2015 11:01 - 0 Comments
Reflections | Displacement and Belonging: ‘Like Travelling the World by Being in One Place’
'The Commonality of Strangers', a new exhibition launching today at the New Art Exchange, is a reminder that belonging is a set of alliances and allegiances and not something that can be defined in terms of ancestral claims, skin colour, and packaged territorial boundaries, argues Roger Bromley.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, January 20, 2015 10:54 - 1 Comment
An A to Z of Theory | Alain Badiou: Truth, Subjectivity, and Fidelity
In his latest column on Alain Badiou, Andrew Robinson explores how the French theorist believes an Event should be unfolded or followed in revolutionary politics. Robinson covers three key Badiousian concepts: the Truth, the revolutionary subject, and the ethical principle of fidelity to an Event.
Diary of a Domestic Extremist, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, January 8, 2015 20:05 - 1 Comment
Diary of a Domestic Extremist | Obstacles to Solidarity: The Age of Anxiety
Continuing his examination of the decline of radical activism, Mikhail Goldman explores the theory that we are all very anxious. Precarious employment, continuous surveillance and the threat of sanctions under modern capitalism paralyse us and make us more alone than ever. We need to recognise and fight these obstacles to solidarity.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Monday, December 15, 2014 11:13 - 10 Comments
An A to Z of Theory | Alain Badiou: The Event
Badiou's theory of the Event is the lynchpin of his influential, but controversial, theory of revolutionary politics. In the fifth instalment of his series, Andrew Robinson traces the contours of the Event, and its fundamental attributes, such as undecidability, ontological disruption, and unfoundedness. He also examines which historical revolts are viewed by Badiou as authentic Events – and why some historical revolts fall short.
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