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Alain Badiou

1937 - Today

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Alain Badiou (; French: [alɛ̃ badju] ; born 17 January 1937) is a French philosopher, formerly chair of Philosophy at the École normale supérieure (ENS) and founder of the faculty of Philosophy of the Université de Paris VIII with Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault and Jean-François Lyotard. Badiou's work is heavily informed by philosophical applications of mathematics, in particular set theory and category theory. Badiou's "Being and Event" project considers the concepts of being, truth, event and the subject defined by a rejection of linguistic relativism seen as typical of postwar French thought. Unlike his peers, Badiou believes in the idea of universalism and truth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alain Badiou is the 291st most popular philosopher (up from 293rd in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Morocco (up from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Philosopher.

Alain Badiou is most famous for his theory of the event. He argues that an event is a rupture in the normal flow of history, which opens up a new situation.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Alain Badiou ranks 291 out of 1,267. Before him are Epimenides, Hans Jonas, Thomas Carlyle, Speusippus, Alexander of Aphrodisias, and Jacques Maritain. After him are Alfred Tarski, Miskawayh, Rudolf Bultmann, Bruno Bauer, Strato of Lampsacus, and Heraclides Ponticus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Alain Badiou ranks 32. Before him are Warren Beatty, Joseph Estrada, Egon Krenz, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, and Rifaat al-Assad. After him are Colin Renfrew, Bruce McLaren, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Robert Huber, Philip Glass, and Gordon Banks.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Alain Badiou ranks 10 out of 264. Before him are Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937), Abd el-Krim (1882), Just Fontaine (1933), Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963), Mohammed V of Morocco (1909), and Ismail Ibn Sharif (1646). After him are Dominique Mamberti (1952), Nathalie Delon (1941), Fatema Mernissi (1940), Serge Haroche (1944), Ibn Tumart (1097), and Ahmad al-Mansur (1549).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Morocco

Among philosophers born in Morocco, Alain Badiou ranks 1. 

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