Zane Shaw - The Debate Between Badiou and Rancière

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Racr fcu gaara r whch drup h gc f hpc-a. i add, bh ha rpcy crbud a cdrabbdy f wr qu rgardg ar. Hwr, dp h ra prx-my, bh ha fud cca dac hmf frm ach hr. i hMetapolitics, Badu ddca w chapr urag h hrcmgf Racr pca hugh, wh h ar ha rad ra bjc h frmr ahc. i w ddca h ay xpcag h af h dba ahc, ahugh Racr c h b-w ar ad pc w p h dcu c h pca dba.

Hwr, my r w b ura. iad, w a hfrm f a df f ahc aga Racr crcm. i prcdg h mar, i hp bh da h a f hr dba ad p-p a fw p qu. i gra, Badu hugh rd arudh y f h ad h ubjc fdy h ruh f a .t ummar, ag ad h a-mpra wr gy, Badu rd :

1 lauram, Madrr, Hubr Ju (d.),Madrr, Hubr Ju (d.), uvres compltes(Par: Gamard,1973), p. 234. traad traad Maldoror, ra. Ax lyard (Cambrdg: exac Chag,1994), p. 193 (raa mdfd).

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Badu u, hu ry cap gy.3

th hr p w r ur apprach h dba bwBadu ad Racr. Afr xpcag Badu ahc, i w d-a Racr majr bjc. th adjudca f hr dba w hpu fcu a urd : wha h ra bw ahcad Badu hr am ar? Wh Badu cam ha ah-c h guar dma f hg ar, ar a cdrd udr hrcd f phphy. thu h qu ar: wha h au f h

ragr? i Badu cccay mxg h prcdur f ruh? or,dp h guar aur f ahc, ca ar b hugh udr hrcd? i brfy prffrg xamp frm Badu hr wr, uchaLe sicle, i wud hw ha, wh Racr rgh accu a-hc f bg rd ward h prpry f ar, ha ahc xhau f ar capacy fr ruh.

Inaesthetics and Truth

t ucda h bw ar ad phphy, Handbook ofInaesthetics Badu rduc hr chmaa whch ghr ar, ph-phy ad h hm f duca. each f h chmaa ha bh a h-rca ad a cmprary mafa. Frm a hrca prpc, pa, bgg wh h Gr, ar prcd h rg f phphy.

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Aa Badu,Manifesto for Philosophy, d. nrma Madara (Abay: sUnY Pr,1999), p. 91.3Aa Badu, Being and Event, ra. or Fham (nw Yr: Cuum), p.

355.


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thar w abhd Ah by h m Pa prp h frchma, whch wha Badu ca h ddacc chma. A w-w,Pa bah ary a h ar frm h cy; upprd by h h haar capab f ruh, r ha a ruh xra ar.4th prbmwh ar ha ma hg, bu ha ma h ffc f ruh.Ar appar mmday pr h ruh, hrby dr[g] u frmh dur f phphy.5

i Badu radg f Pa, phphy cud by a dur whchdac hugh frm mprca mmdacy hrugh dacca abr. FrBadu, pry ca accu fr h rg f Wr phphy, a p-ry fud hrughu h wrd f aquy. iad, phphy ca bdfd by h ubrac f hugh frm h mmdacy f h pm,

ad h fr ccur wh Pa.6Ad wh Badu cmmd h rrup- f h pm by h mahm Being and Event, h fd Pa ccp-uaa f ar wag. Pa ddacc chma rac ar frm ruh,a ar h charm f a mbac f ruh.7Frm h p, ar cay b cdmd r rad pdaggcay a ruma fah, har p ag ar a h mrcy f xra prcrp, amy hrm gad by phphy. th ffc f ar ar auad y frm hba f h ca Gd.

i h wh cury, Marxm u a ara f h ddacc ch-ma. Fr Badu Handbook of Inaesthetics, Brch h xmpar f Marxddaccm. Fr Brch h ba f h ag bu up h cfc ruhf dacca maram. if w udrad sam a h jurdcf dacca mara phphy r pc, h Brch praccd asad Pam: ar para frm h ruh f dacca mara-m, bu duca; h d, ar h pdaggca fr h curag fruh, aga cwardc in the face of truth.8

th ra bw phphy ad ar rd by h para fh rmac chma. Fr h ar, ar alone capab f ruh, ar ambd h abu.9 Ar a a duca pby rgardg aruh ha phphy ca y p . Fr xamp, h Grma Rmachd ha ar ca rcm h mpa f phphy, ad ca mbdy a

4Aa Badu, Handbook of Inaesthetics, ra. Abr tca (safrd: safrdUry Pr, 2005), p. 2 (hrafrHI).

5HI, p. 2.6

Badu,Being and Event, pp. 123129.7HI, p. 2.8Ibid., p. 6.9Ibid., p. 3.


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Bw ddacc bahm ad rmac grfca, a pacray f r,13whch Badu ca h caca chma. Ar, h u, ba h chma w h: fr, ar mmc, rgm haf mbac; ad cd, h purp f ar hr ruh, r pdaggy,bu hrapy. th caca chma hd ha ar mmc ffc prd hpby f cahar, whch Badu prcay df a h dp-

f h pa a rafrc mbac.14Ar, crad h magary ra f rafrc, acuad f h wgh f hraumac cur wh h Ra. th prc f h ra pac bwphphy ad ar ha h ar bcm wha Badu ca a pubcrc, a d f cap mcham fr ca prur.15 ifar a arr h purp, ca b maagd ad gmad r fudd by hsa.

i h wh cury, Badu cam, wh pychaayc dcur

10 th od sym-prgram f Grma idam, wr Hg had, bu ar-uy arbud Hdr, Hg ad schg, a: Py w hrby aa ahghr dgy; h d h w aga bcm wha h wa h bgg theinstructress of humanity; fr hr w b gr ay phphy, ay hry; h pcar a w ur a h hr cc ad ar [] w mu ha a w myhgy;bu h myhgy mu rma rc h da, mu bcm a myhgy fra. traad Dad Farr kr, The Tragic Absolute(Bmg: idaaUry Pr, 2005), p. 25.

11 Fr Badu a h pc gd, h prgu, d Gd Dad,f Briefings on Existence: A Short Treatise on Transitory Ontology, d. nrma Madara

(Abay: sUnY Pr, 2006), pp. 2132.12 thugh Badu rfrc h ar Hdggr, th org f h Wr f Ar,h pm ha a pcfc cmmuara-pca r. th gra wr f ar grudbg fr ad wh ahr a h hrca adg-u f huma xc ra- uccam. th hw, accrdg Hdggr, Hdr wr cud cfr h Grma a a b d. s th org f h Wr f Ar, Dad Farr kr (d.),Basic Writings(sa Fracc: Harpr C, 1993), pp. 193ad 203.

13HI, p. 3.14Ibid., p. 4.15A trry eag a, rahr lacaa rm, W ca caruy grafy ur

f-druc dr, a h am m a w ca dug a cra adc paura h prpc f hr pa. tragdy h a grfd, cay accpabr f bc jym. sHoly Terror(oxfrd: oxfrd Ury Pr, 2005),pp. 2627.


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rpr ar a h mafa f dr (whhr ha f h ar rpcar) aca h caca chma. th wr f ar ma p-b crb h bjc f dr, h objet petit a, h symbc, hubrag h mpa f h Ra. Ahugh i h h accu d mc laca, i fd ha Jacqu-Aa Mr rc ur pycha-ay h cy, (i brrw h phra, r a a pjra characr,frm saj ) far frm h caca apparau f a g-ma. Ar rdr rc pychaay, ad h ar w drc h a.16

Mg, hwr, frm h chmaa, ar h aa-gard f hwh cury. Accrdg Badu, h aa-gard, frm Dada hsua, wr a hybrd ad uab agm f h ddacc ad

rmac chmaa. thu h aa-gard cad bw h amp xhau ar f aad r aag characr, ad h amp rah abu gby f ar abu ad para characr. th frmr a-mp ddacc, wh h ar rmac; y ab a, h paraf h abu f cra druc wr acaca.17nrh,h ahc uarm f h aa-gard wa mr y prha ufy, ad hr h hybrd r h hr chmaa cud cap hrc aura f h amp h ar ad phphy.

i h ua f aura, Badu prp a mday f hra bw ar ad phphy: ahc. th fr df fahc ca b crucd hrugh h accu prd rgardgh ra f ar ruh, ug h cagr f guary ad mma-c. th ra mma f ruh ra ar ffc; ha ,ruh drmd xray h ffc. th ra guar f bg ar ad ca crcua amg hr rgr f wr-prduc-g hugh.18Fr h ddacc chma, h ra bw ar ad ruh guar bu mma: ar ha a guar pdaggca r bu ruhrma xra . Fr h rmac chma, h ra mmabu guar. schg ay b: hr prpry pag bu abu wr f ar, whch may dd x aghr dffr r,y y , hugh hud y x m uma

16 s tracrp f h J. P. eabbach bradca wh J-A. Mr ad M. Accyr h ph eurp 1 aaab a hp://www.aca.cm/urp1.hm. la accd

Augu 2006. Fr cmmary h a f affar, Iraq: The Borrowed Kettle(ld: vr, 2004), p. 103.17HI, p. 8.18Ibid., p. 9.


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The Relation of Art and Truth

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th p f ahc, h, affrm h guary admmac f h ra bw ar ad ruh. Y, h qu ar fhw h guar ad mma ra ca b hugh. Badu jh famar dchmy f ubjc ad bjc ra arc prc-dur; hr h gu f h ubjc r h auhry f h bjc f arhd xpaary pwr. iad, h rduc h ccp f h arc

cfgura ad h ubjc-p. A arc cfgura a qucf wr whch prcd frm a . A ruh guard wh a c-fgura, h ar frmg a cra whch draw a fdy a. i a rra f phphca rad, h wr f ar hugh a aubjc-p f a arc ruh. Hwr, fr ach hr ar mupwr, r dffra ubjc-p, whch da h ubjc, r hm,f h . subjc-p ar arcuad a a quc f wr fdy a ; h ccpuaa p a wr frm bg udrd a

a abu bjc wh a h am m pr a ubjc frm bgudrd a a ubjc f gu. A Badu a: a ruh a arccfgura ad by a [] ad ufdd hrugh chac hfrm f wr ha r a ubjc p.20thu, w ca rur urhr p f ummary dm h ra f ar ad ruh udr a-hc:

19 schg, System of Transcendental Idealism, ra. Pr Hah (Char:Ury Pr f vrga, 1978), p. 231.

20HI, p. 12.


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1. Arc a bjc. th wr f ar h bjc f a. Hwr, a arc ubm ar a prcp f y.2. th y f h rgrd h quc f wr aubjc-p. nw cfgura will have taken placefar a hyar uprcdd wh a pru a f h ua.3. th ruh f arc ar hugh frm wh h cdf ar. th h cd mpca f h ray f .Phphy d am h ruh f a cfgura, bu rgrh ruh f ar.

iad f cag h ruh f ar ubjc r bjc, ruh ca-d arc prcdur, whch crcua bw cfgura ad df-

fra ubjc-p, crad by a p-a rupur wh h af h ua. Fay, w ca df h ducaa bw ar adphphy: h y duca a duca byruh. th r, - prbm ha hr b ruh, whu whch h phphca cagryf ruh ry mpy ad h phphca ac hg bu a acadmcqubb.21

A a xamp f a arc ad fdy, w ca ur Baduaccu f pry. th f a cra pch f p, aucd byHdr ad rarg h wr f Maarm ad Ca, amg hr, h f pry dbjcfca f aguag. th gudg hrad,r fdy, bw h wr h affrma f pry guar m-mac: pry am h dffrc bw aguag ha a- h dffrc wh aguag.22th dffrc h Ra f a-guag, h cmg prc ha wa pruy mpb.23th pmd brg h Ra fru, bu a h gap bw prcad abc. Hwr, h pm ma guara h aa;r hr wrd, hr ma-pm: h mag h rpra

ach w r grud h capacy fr mag f.24t ummar,h cfgura f h pc ha hr guara bu h fdyf h p hm. Phphy, h d ga fr h p,bu awr hr chag: dfy h ruh f h dbjcfca faguag.

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Ibid., pp. 1415.22Ibid., p. 32.23Ibid., p. 25.24Ibid., p. 27.


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Aesthetics and its Discontents25

l Badu, Racr g a cra pac h hugh ar. th

bac dd bw h w ccr h pacg f ar: wh h frmram ar a f fur para ruh prcdur, h ar hahc cu f h pca f. Racr d cam ha dma h hr (ahc r pc r c ra), bu ha ar car h dma f pc. Fr Racr, pc ccur h cha-g h dma pc rdr, h rcfgura f h drbu[partage] f h b: h drbu ad rdrbu f pac add, [h] d ad rd f pac ad m, f h bad b, f ad pch, cug wha i ca h drbu

[partage] f h b.26ifar a pc drbu h bw ad pch, ad by, ha a mpra ahc cmp.Bu, mr pcfcay, ahc ad pc ra h mar whchh pracc ad b frm f ar hm r h drbu[partage] f h b ad rcfgura, h way whch hydd pac ad m, ubjc ad bjc, h cmm ad h gu-ar.27

Du h mhdgca dc ad ab, h ca b h

pac fuy xpca a ha a a Racr ccp f h ra- bw ahc f pc ad h pc f ahc. our ga mr md: hw hw Racr bjc Badu rga hrrpc ccp f h dma f ruh ad ar. Racr cmm-ary ahc, d Ahc, iahc, A-ahc, wafr prd a a cfrc ddcad Badu 1999, h pubhdAlain Badiou.Penser le multiple 2002, ad h rd ad cudd h Malaise dans lesthtique. H df, h ccudg rmar, hrprc hrugh whch ahc cfr h quca f hhmymy f ar.28i a pby curu m, w w r hxpca f Racr p hrugh h ccudg rmar.

Fr, Racr a ha ahc am h pra ha d-

25 i hud b d haMalaise dans lesthtiquech h f h Frch raa- f Frud Das Unbehagen in der Kultur, whch Le Malaise dans la culture. i wud ha i sad fr rwg my raa; hwr, a rrr f judgmrma m.

26 Racr,Malaise dans lesthtique(Par: Ga, 2004), p. 38 (hrafrMDE).27

MDE, p. 39.28 Racr, Ahc, iahc, A-ahc, Pr Haward (d.), ThinkAgain: Alain Badiou and the Future of Philosophy (nw Yr: Cuum, 2004), p. 231(hrafr AiA); adMDE, p. 116.


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ca h gc f ar ahc rgm, hrugh whch h Pam fh mup crucd a h hugh f ar.29l Badu, Racram hr gra rgm f ccpuag h ar: h hca rgmf mag, h rpra rgm f ar ad h ahc rgm f ar,whch rughy crrpd h ddacc chma, h caca chma adh rmac chma rpcy.30Racr d xpcy h d-dacc chma ad h hca rgm f mag, bu hr dcrp r-ma c: h cc Pa, h hm f ma ad mag, adduca. th rpra rgm udrad h ar rm f mm-, prdg crra judg gd ad bad ar, ad prd rucfr h u f ar.31th ahc rgm f ar dfd by Racr whh rmac chma, wh ra mdfca. th dfca m

crrc: Racr u ha Ahc a a dcur wa br w c-ur ag, ad h cay rfrc h yug schg, Hg, adab a, schr.32Hwr, Racr quarr wh h h ha Baduacrb rmacm; ugh a ha h Rmac hdha ar wa h abu bjc f ruh. iad, h ahc rgm f aram a dub mm, h ca ga ad dfca far ad -ar whch rud h hrarch f h rpra rgm ad h xrba prm f a ahc ru f h frm f ar

ad frm f f.33

nh, h ahc rgm f ar a rmac a cm-prary. i pra a h dispositifwhch udrm dc bwar ad -ar, a h am f h cfu. Hwr, h cfu y h am fr h dc bw ar ad -ar, frm f ar adfrm f f, ad h d f a ru fr h prpry f ar, a quayf a ahc up f h uprmacy f frm r mar ad acyr pay.34Hw h d ahc dca h gc f ar a-hc rgm? Accrdg Racr, h dca pra by acrb-g a prpry ar, by ubracg arc ruh frm h maphrcur whch h ahc rgm cc h frm f ar, h frm

29Ibid.30 s AiA, pp. 219220; MDE, pp. 8991. th hca rgm f mag dcrbd

h rm Jacqu Racr, The Politics of Aesthetics, ra. Gabr Rch (nwYr: Cuum, 2004), pp. 2021.

31 i rg ha bh Racr ad Badu cc Frud h rgm

f mm. s Jacqu Racr,Linconscient esthtique(Par: Ga, 2001).32MDE, p. 15.33Ibid., p. 25.34Ibid., p. 48.


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f f, ad h frm f h hugh f ar. 35Arc ruh ar ubracd,h, frm h rdary crcua f mag. th accua crrc,bu m m Badu p: a ubracd frm h a fh ua ( Racr rm, h pc rdr), frm a drbuf h b.

l u apprach h qu frm a dffr ag. A w ha ,Badu ccrd wh f ar. iahc a ag u a fahab rm hr phphy f ar; ad, am a ra- bw phphy ad ar whch dcrb h rcy raphph-ca ffc prducd by h dpd xc fsomewr f ar.36if y gagsomewr f ar, bcau hy rduc rupur whpru cfgura. or, hr wrd, hr a u wh cug.

Y aga, hr a c prxmy bw Badu ad Racr. Ju a,fr h ar, h ahc f pc r arud wh cud apag ad wh rma h par wh par, h pc f ahcr arud h pru budary f wha appar a ar ad h mpca- f h dmarca. Badu mpha h y f h r arud h uprumrary am f h ad h p-arcfgura f h dma f h ar, whch xcd h cu-fr-f h a f h ua. Hwr, hud b acwdgd ha h

cu fr Racr ccr h drbu f h b, wh fr Baduh cu rupurd by h r f h , ad h dffrc c-cr hr rpc gca cmmm.37 i f, Racr frcrcm d ffr a cmpg ra rjc ahc, u hca rduc a ccpua dc whch dmra hw ahcquy pc h ar: h ccp mdrm.38

thu Racr cd rmar: ahc dga h wdcy whrby h ddg hrugh whch h Pam f ruhhd affy wh ahc Pam cm ccd wh h ddg hrugh whch modernism guara ha whch prpr ar aga ahc dc.39Mdrm, a Racr df ,

35AiA, p. 231;MDE, p. 116.36HI, p. x. th mpha m, bu i a h p abu h dffrc bw

ahc ad a phphy f ar frm Gabr Rra, Fr a ehc f Myry:Phphy ad h Pm, Gabr Rra (d.), Alain Badiou:Philosophy and its condi-tions(Abay: sUnY Pr, 2005), pp. 6162. Ad frm h p, i h my dffr-c wh Rra rpra f ahc hud b appar.

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if, ha , w ca arbu Racr ay gca cmmm.38 th rm pcg brrwd frm Racr mr pca wr, bu ha bud rgardg ahc a w. sMDE, p. 18; adLinconscient esthtique, p. 49.

39AiA, p. 231;MDE, p. 116.


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h ccpuaa f ar whch affrm ar aumy wh dyg hrmy.40Cary, h df ma h ccp f mdrydpd h ahc rgm f ar ad c ra. Mdrm a df rac aga h cfu f ar ad -ar, f arhrmy, a da h prpry ad aumy f parcuar ar.iahc udrd by Racr cu h qu pcg f hfrr f ar ad -ar.

Badu, h accu, fw h mdr dcy by dmgh r f aru ar: ayhg prpr ar away prpr f anar.41Wha prpr ar a ruh, r ida, whch para frm a ar.o h radg, Badu rprduc h ry d f mimesis rdr ur h a-mmc prcp f para.42 s, fr ac, h

pm ddd bw mma ra fr hugh ad h ruhf whch h a f phphy ubrac. A rfrc Ahurma Racr da mr ha bu: fr Badu, fwg gdAhura gc, phphy h ummd rdr dcr hruh crypd h pm, f h ma mracuuy rdcrg w, whch cam ha b dd f.43

Hwr, hr ar w quab cam rgardg h crqu.Fr, hw ca apm b a ma r rpra f h ida? th

ca b h ca, a a crcua wh a dffra arragmf mup wr. th, a parcuar ar a rpra f h ida?Aga, h h ca: dffcu hw a arc cfgura- wud representruh. A arc cfgura , ad, a prcdurf fdy h . thu Racr accua ha Badu rprduch ffc f mimesis ahc ucar. Ad h gd Ahuragc? lag ad Badu w crcm f Ahur, i d h ha ca b pr ha phphy necessarilyrad w ruh wrf ar. t hw h cy, wud d cmb hrugh bgraphcada r pychg a auhr m; hrw, h cam ca y ba aump m f rrd fr pp.

thrfr, w ca m h cd qu rgardg h crqu:why cdm mdrm in toto? if h crqu wd aw, w cudrad h ua a h fwg: wha f h prp f mdrmgrapd wha wa a a h ahc rgm f ar ad dcdd r- bhaf f curg a prpr pac f ar, aga a pcg f ar

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AiA, p. 221;MDE, p. 93.41AiA, p. 224;MDE, p. 101.42Ibid.43AiA, p. 227;MDE, pp. 107108.


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h pr wh rdrg yu.46Du ccur wh h pruppdquay acad; ha , wh h wh ca pa (h par fh wh ha par) bg : wh h p f auhry uurpdby h ar.

i a aagu way, h ahc rgm f ar pra hrugh hca rafrma f h bw ar ad -ar, frm f f,ad frm f ar. Hwr, wh Racr du h ahcrgm f ar, h d up a dffcu p: wh, prcp, h r-

rup f du a pby ay pca rgm, h ahcrgm f ar a parcuar hrca md f mag ar b, ad hucg (a Racr hmf rcg). thr cy ha a-hr rgm f ar, h fuur, ca pracc du. Y Racr du h fru f h ahc rgm f ar. A w ha ,Racr prbm wh ahc ha r d f hahc rgm f ar, ad h ha h ma bw h ahc r-gm ad h pc f du ma h rma cr gb. i mha, fr Racr, r wh h ahc rgm frc hpby f du. Hwr, i am mpd ca Racr gag-ca mhd a rra f Fucau (ahugh h ar a w pubhdum f The History of Sexualitycud b cdrd Fucau w r-ra f Fucau): ad f umag h pra f a hrcay

44 s HI, p. 15. Badu a hr ar arc cfgura, hr ar wr hacu h hg ubjc f h cfgura, ad hr phphy pa-ra ccpuay a f h frm p. our m ar wrh mr ha h ab

whch hy prd hm: dmcracy.45MDE, pp. 4653.46 Jacqu Racr, Disagreement, ra. Ju R (Map: Ury f

Ma Pr, 1999), p. 16.


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uad dispositif rdr rduc a crca dac bw a ubjcad h r hr ubjcfca, Racr uma h fucg f hahc rgm f ar rdr dm crca amp gag hparadxca mm bw frm f ar, frm f f ad a cra-gy gbad mar!

Fay, Racr adm ha, prhap, ahc udrm hhr w prc, ad

dga h mm whrby h amp dm h pac far, dm wha -y-ar ad dguh bw ar/-ar,[whch] udrm h ry d wa uppd cur ad rawha wa uppd hu away by ryg ar -ar ad h

dcur ar.47

Hr, w ar agrm: ahc h bh h y f ad h fdy f arc cfgura whch bra wh h pru af ar.However, wh Ahc, iahc, A-ahc ffr a p-b rcca bw ahc ad h ahc rgm f ar, hffr rcdd h rd r pubhd Malaise dans lesthtique.i h ar, Racr wr (ad i qu fu):

i d m ha ahc, uch a Badu udrad , g h drc. th Maf f Affrmam, whch rprh curr yh f h f ar, hw hm b mr ccr-d wh raffrmg a prpry f ar ubmd h ducaa ha h cfr . i h way, ahc ca y cu-r h dma amy f mdrm. th amy mp frmua: h mr h prpry f ar accuad, h mr hprpry d b amad a xprc f a radca h-

rgy, wh uma md h hc f h cur wh hGd wh dccr Pau r pa M frm u f h cud. AhManifesto affrm, Ar whch ad whch cm mu b a dyd a a dmra, a urprg a a r f gh, ad a -ad a a ar. Aurdy, h frmua ayhg bu rhrcaapprxma. i p xmpary h har f Badu prb-mac: h dub rafrma f h ruary cu h laca-a cur wh h fac f h Grg ad h cur wh hGrg h Pac ca f h ida. t p h dy bw

ar whch ad whch mu b, cary ma ar h pur

47AiA, p. 231;MDE, p. 116.


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xprc f h mpra dcad by h cur wh hohr. o h p, h Pac r f h ida affrmd by a-hc accrd wh h cmmadm f h ohr camd byh ahc f h ubm. Bh a ar frm ahc y c ward hca dc.48

i fd h fa bjc, g h h mpra f hohr uab. Fr, hr h bac qu rgardg h ccpf h ohr: Racr d bw h u f h ccp lyard(h fcu f h chapr fwg h qua, wh draw la)ad laca. th qu ca b h rfrc h lacaacur wh h fac f h Grg. Rgardg laca, hud b

carfu para h Bg ohr ad h Ra: h Ra h dma fh raumac cur, f ymbc dadc, wh h ohr dgah cu f h ymbc rdr, r h mda f mag ad h cabd. Hwr, h ohr h laa ohr. Wh h ar hracda mpra whch ca hca rpc, h frmr h ymbc fcpar excellence: fr a lacaa, h ohr, rcy pa-g, d x; fuc y far a ubjc arbu ym-bc ffcacy.

Badu ha a mad car ha h ccp f h , ad h h-c, ar d h subjc, ad h ohr. t ad ay cfu, rhca dc, Badu carf h p vis--visla hcd chapr f h Ethics. Fr la, i xprc myf hcay apdgd h apparg f h ohr, ad ubrdad my bg h pdg.49l Racr, Badu fd h phmgca accuhcay ambguu, ad h mary f hr rhrc rg: bhcam ha h hc f h ohr cy cfrm dmcrac c-u ad h ufca f pc prpr.50thu ca ay

ha Badu cr dary wh h laa rpr. Baduxpcy a, m ad aga, ha fy h racda pwrf Gd, bu h baa ray f ry ua.51 th ca bguarad by h ohr; ca y b wagrd by a ubjc.

Ahugh w ha dmd Racr a bjc, h rgh arbu ahc a ccr wh h prpry f ar. Hwr,

48MDE, pp. 117118.49

Badu,Ethics,An Essay on the Understanding of Evil, ra. Pr Haward (ld:vr, 2001), pp. 1920.50 s, fr ac, Badu,Ethics, pp. 2325; adMDE, pp. 14515451 Badu,Ethics, p. 25.


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accpg h cam, w mu appy a adda ur f h crw: whahc amp da h prpry f ar, d xhauh ffc f ar. Badu f rfrc arwr wh h dcuf h hr cd f phphy. Fr xamp, Maarm dca ahg f h , lauram ra h d fr a r mahma-c, r h am pm by Ca, A d Hag, rgr ffc bh hMetapoliticsad hHandbook of Inaesthetics.52

th xamp ura, i h, ha h ffc f ar xd bydh dma f ahc. thu Ja-Jacqu lcr rgh ay ha hgra ry f Badu radg f pry f cur ha hy ar uchrg ad dc radg ha hy a a f pac fr hr radg,a h pm pcacuary xcd h ruh ha Badu radg xrac

frm .53e mr rc, prhap, ha Badu hmf gag wh arbyd ahc, ag u wh h qu rgardg h au f hragr r pud. A pruy md, Badu a hHandbook of Inaestheticsha a guar ra f ar ad ruh dca haa ruh f ar bg ad d crcua amg hr rgr fwr-prducg hugh.54sc Badu xam ar udr h cdf hr dma f hugh, m ha h rqurm y caryfr ahc, ad ha ar ca b hugh cc hr dma.

th uph ha ar d b hugh cc pca -,55bu f , hugh ud f h dma f ahc. if hr a xmpary amp h h bw pc ad ahc Badu oeuvre, Le sicle.

Inaesthetics and The Century

Le sicle cu Badu amp h hw h wh c-ury hugh f. i hg hw h wh cury ha hugh -f, Badu g prm pac aru wr f ar. t hw hwh prjc ad ahc dffr, y d cmpar hw Brch cdrd wh h rpc wr.56A w ha , Handbook

52 s Badu, Being and Event, pp. 191198; Briefings on Existence, p. 57; Metapolitics,ra. Ja Barr (ld: vr, 2005), p. 105; adHI, p. 34.

53Ja-Jacqu lcrc, Badu Pc, Pr Haward (d.), Think Again:AlainBadiou and the Future of Philosophy(nw Yr: Cuum, 2004), p. 216.

54

HI, p. 9.55Ibid., p. 27.56Wh wa pubhd 2005, a majry f Le siclewa drd a cur frm

19982000, far frm h pubca fHandbook of Inaesthetics.


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of Inaesthetics, Badu arbu Brch h pracc f a sadPam. Y, Le sicle, h pra Brch a h gra ad m u-ra f a cmmu ar.57th uray, dub, ar frm hfac ha, aga day cbra f mra ad dmcrac cu,Brch ach u hw thar a dc (appareil) cruc ruh.58th pra far frm h accua fud Handbook of Inaesthetics fddaccm, r h u f har ag h xra ruh f daccamaram. thrfr, hr Badu c rgardg h gacyf Brch, r w ha crd frm ahc a dffr cd fphphy, amy pc, frm whch aua h gacy.

Y f h xamp f Brch r dmra dcrd bwHandbook of InaestheticsadLe sicle, ca ur Badu cmm frm

h ar b Mach White on White (1918) fr a mr ahcram f ar.59i h wh cury, Mach xmpary: agah druc mpu f h aa-gard (ad, cday, HdggraDestruktion), White on Whiterduc h gap f wha Badu ca m-ma dffrc. Aga h purfca f h passion du rel, whch ama dmhg h mba r rgh a h Ra, White on Whitex-hb, ad crb pag, h gap f, bw bacgrud adfrm. thrfr, mu ad rprg White on Whitea a ymb f

h druc f pag, a a mar, rahr, f a ubrac aump-. Mach pp h dacc bw h mba ad h Ra,acad by h ma f h wh cury, by xhbg h gapf a Ra: White on White a prp f hugh, whch ppmma dffrc maxma druc. Hr Badu py ag hubrac hugh wh Mach, wh dmrad, aga h druc- mpu f hpassion du rel, a ahc gur.

thrfr, h w xamp hw ha y Le sicledrgf a mr x aay, bu ha h rahp bw ahcad Badu hr wr rma ambguu. t ummar, by way f pqu:

1. Racr crrc accu ahc f maag a prpryf ar. iahc ccrd wh hg h guar ad mmaruh f ar; ha , hg h ruh f ar a bjc, bu frm whh fdy arc ( h pura) ad hrugh h prcrp-

57 Badu,Le sicle(Par: su, 2005), p. 68.58Ibid., p. 67.59Ibid., pp. 8687 (h fwg qu Mach ar a frm h w pag).


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f phphy r pc. i hud b d hwr, ha ah-c d xhau h hg f ar: ud f Handbook of Inaesthetics,Badu addr ar udr h hr cd f phphy. Y, hw arw udrad h ra bw ar ad h hr cd f ph-phy? Ar w f h aby f fdy ad dc, r h guara fh mar oeuvre?

2. Arc fw a prcp f y r rupur. e brawh a pru a f h ua ad rcfgur a ua wh pr-uy uhard f m. i h way, ahc ccrd wh ar-wr whch rcfgur h d bw ar ad -ar. Hwr, a aagu h ca f h ohr; a guarad byh racdc f a Gd, bu a wagr by a ubjc h d. A ubjc

f ruh wagr ha h ha a pac, ad puru h dcrd ffdy aga h a f h ua. Wh h ccp f arc -a aw fr Badu maa a rahr mdr c f awr, rma dffcu ua aayg h cay f cm-prary ar. Dp h crcumaa cycm, ahc d fr-c cmprary qu. Wr hr cmprary ca frhugh, why rgra h ra bw ar ad phphy udr hrubrc f ahc?

3. Fay, a crqu f Racr: hr a prbm wh aachgh pc f du (whch pb ay pca rgm prupp-g h gaara prcp) a parcuar hrca rgm, amy hahc rgm f ar? Cud hr b hr dua rgm f ar?or, cary ha ar xpcy d pc? By paragarc ruh ad pca ruh, Badu ad h hrc mpa.iad f racg h rahp bw ad hrca rgm,Badu ffr u h ccpua dguh hw , whhrarc r pca, ad u frm hr m.

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