Alain Badiou - Trump
Alain Badiou - Trump The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States sent shockwaves across the globe. In two lectures given at American universities in the immediate aftermath of the…
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Alain Badiou - Trump
The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States sent shockwaves across the globe. In two lectures given at American universities in the immediate aftermath of the election, the leading French philosopher Alain Badiou helps us to make sense of this extraordinary occurrence. How was such an outcome even possible?
It was in this context that Trump could emerge as a new kind of political figure that was both inside and outside the political order, a member of the Republican Party who, at the same time, represents something outside the system. The He argues that Trump's victory was the symptom of a global crisis made up of four characteristics: the triumph of a brutal form of global capitalism, the decomposition of the established political elite, the growing frustration and disorientation that many people feel today, and the absence of a compelling alternative vision.