Abstract

This entry provides an overview of Badiou's preliminary influences, education, and early career. It discusses the links between his theoretical concerns and political praxis from 1965 to the present, including a discussion of the ontological turn in Being and Event (1988/2005), Logics of Worlds (2006), and the recent L'Immanence des Vérités (2018). The entry includes context for interpreting Badiou's work, continued areas of critical engagement with it, and horizons for continued analysis.