Images of the Present Time

Alenka Zupančič, author of The Odd One In: On Comedy:
Unlike sparkling wine, vivid thought never ceases to tickle our established notions and sensibilities, bringing forth new concepts while transforming the very concept of the 'new.' By conceiving of the present as a matter of creation rather than mere presence, Badiou engages us in a series of unexpected and truly fascinating, powerful reflections.

Sianne Ngai, author of Theory of the Gimmick: Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form:
'There are only bodies seized by languages, except there are also truths.' Philosophy is famously incapable of dealing with the present—except there is also Alain Badiou. Images of the Present Time is a pure joy to read, even as it confronts some of the saddest marvels of our commodified nonworld. A truly innovative affirmation of the materialist dialectic.

Fred Moten, author of In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition:
Thinking the present in, through, and against the image, Alain Badiou proposes and enacts a comedic philosophy attuned to now's urgent absurdities. It's a pleasure to move with the sharp curve and fissure of his thinking. Badiou’s Seminars are a major event in and for contemporary philosophy.