Alain Badiou
Born in 1937
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Alain Badiou is a prominent French philosopher born in 1937.
Trained as a mathematician, he taught at the University of Paris VIII and École Normale Supérieure.
Badiou's philosophy explores radical innovation in various contexts, influenced by thinkers like Plato, Hegel, and Lacan.
He critiques both analytic and postmodern schools of thought.
Badiou's work is shaped by his involvement in the May 1968 Paris revolt and his ongoing political activism.
He has authored numerous philosophical works, novels, and plays.
Badiou continues to teach and lecture, focusing on topics ranging from "antiphilosophers" to major 20th-century conceptual innovations.
