Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism
A Theory, France, Religion book. My first Badiou, and it would feel as if it were my...
In this bold and provocative work, French philosopher Alain Badiou proposes a startling reinterpretation of St. Paul. For Badiou, Paul is neither the venerable saint embalmed by Christian tradition, nor the venomous priest execrated by philosophers like Nietzsche: he is instead a profoundly original and still revolutionary thinker whose invention of Christianity weaves truth and subjectivity together in a way that continues to be relevant for us today.In this work, Badiou argues that Paul delineates a new figure of the subject: the bearer of a universal truth that simultaneously shatters the strictures of Judaic Law and the conventions of the Greek Logos. Badiou shows that the Pauline figure of the subject still harbors a genuinely revolutionary potential today: the subject is that which refuses to submit to the order of the world as we know it and struggles for a new one instead.
Download or read Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism in PDF formats. You may also find other subjects related with Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism.
- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 128 pages
- ISBN: 9780804744713 / 804744718
ry0gJ1hIvZ.pdf
More About Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism
My first Badiou, and it would feel as if it were my first Paul, had it not been for my fundy upbringing. This is a Paul freed from the "religious thaumaturgy[,...] charlatanism....[and] masochistic propaganda extolling the virtues of suffering" of the Gospels (which, at any rate, appeared only after Paul wrote); a Paul freed from "obscurantist"... No me gust tanto, me parece que tena muy altas expectativas. Me cost un poco entenderlo. Con estas cosas de Pablo me da la sensacin de que entenda hasta antes de leer. Aveces me parece demasiado embrollada la interpretacin. No pierdo la esperanza con Badiou, ya le voy a leer alguna otra cosa. I am rather proud of myself, as I could not find a copy of this book at the library in English I resorted to reading a French copy. Luckily my French hasn't rusted completely!I find Badiou's interest in St. Paul odd yet totally consistent with his philosophy. He makes an excellent case of how Paul relates to Badiou's concept of a truth...
