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2.46 AVERAGE
2.46 AVERAGE
The 2016 dialogue proved rich but didn’t exactly dazzle. Other reviewers glibly noted the prominence of mushrooms in the discussion. Each participant (perhaps with the exception of the interlocutor) understands that distinction between national schools of philosophy and historical periods are but academic affairs. I did prefer the sobriety of Nancy and I hope to be reading his deconstruction of Christianity this week. Not sure why, but I imagine Badiou as growling.
Really a nifty little book, consisting of a long, insightful dialogue between two eminent thinkers.
I have seen Alain Badiou speaking live and it's hard not to filter out his boyish, chuckling way of orating. On the other hand, I'm much more into Jean-Luc Nancy's take on German philosophy with some great rebuttals and remarks on Kant and Heidegger.
The great omission would be Nietzsche, in a debate where they even touch on Marx's mushrooms - not by ingesting - but as a metaphor that philosophers are a rare breed of their time - often a time of social upheaval or cultural decline. (Hello, climate change!).
The afterword of Jan Völker on the nature of philosophical debate (private vs public) makes an inspired, albeit lengthy conclusion.
[3.5/5.0]
I have seen Alain Badiou speaking live and it's hard not to filter out his boyish, chuckling way of orating. On the other hand, I'm much more into Jean-Luc Nancy's take on German philosophy with some great rebuttals and remarks on Kant and Heidegger.
The great omission would be Nietzsche, in a debate where they even touch on Marx's mushrooms - not by ingesting - but as a metaphor that philosophers are a rare breed of their time - often a time of social upheaval or cultural decline. (Hello, climate change!).
The afterword of Jan Völker on the nature of philosophical debate (private vs public) makes an inspired, albeit lengthy conclusion.
[3.5/5.0]
slow-paced
A work of fiction depicting the tragic farce of two men descending into senility.....no? You say this was intended to be serious? Oh dear. The dialogue is failed acrobatics in thought but ultimately devoid of real content. The closest it approaches cogency is the claim that people are mushrooms.