A recurring theme of plato scholarship is the relation between the republic. Translated by susan spitzer, columbia university press, 400 pp. Badiou srepublic participatesintheideasofplatosrepublic aboveall,theideaofthe idea and his fidelity to plato s text is conditioned by his fidelity to plato s ideas. Plato s republic is an undoubted classic whether alain badiou s reimagining of the work will also be in years to come is debatable. The citation above his hypertranslation of platos republic, published in 2012, is a reworking for today of an essential philosophical text. In what alain badiou calls his hypertranslation of plato s republic, we are taken into the world of plato s classic dialogue on politics and justice, sped up to the pace of a 21 st century new york street corner.
Badious hypertranslation which, inter alia, alludes to ipods and lance armstrong, turns the cave allegory into a movietheatre allegory. This article originally appeared in berfrois plato s republic. Toward a philosophy of computing how to philosophize with internetworked electronic computing machinery brought to you by. Pdf in this chapter i perform a critical reading of the french philosopher alain badious hypertranslation of platos republic in order to outline. Alain badiou breathes life into plato s landmark text and revives its universality. Plato s republic is one of the bestknown and most widelydiscussed texts in the history of philosophy. The division of the republic into ten books is due not to plato but to his early editors and probably to the length of the papyrus rolls books on which the dialogues were written. A dialogue in 16 chapters 2012, badiou contemporizes. There are nearer approaches to modern metaphysics in the philebus and in the sophist. Pdf alain badiou on political education researchgate.
But how might we get to the heart of this work today, 2,500 years after its original composition. The millenarian platonism of alain badiou part iii voegelinview. Plato s republic is one of the most wellknown and widely discussed texts in the history of philosophy, but how might we get to the heart of this work today, 2500 years after it was originally composed. Alain badiou refers to his translation of platos republicas a hypertranslation. Second, pausing at the platos allegory of the cave, it examines badious hyper translation of. A dialogue in 16 chapters by alain badiou translated by susan spitzer, introduction by kenneth reinhard new york. Alain badiou invents a new genre in order to breathe fresh life into plato s text and restore its universality. Boter in his book on the transmission history of the text 1989 recognizes its three primary witnesses. Platos republic, by alain badiou free download as pdf file. Platos republic, by alain badiou plato platonism scribd. Ive always desired to affirm a plato who would be our contemporary badiou and.
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