阿兰•巴丢将西方思想史上几位具有特殊意义的思想家称作“反哲学家”，他们是圣保罗、帕斯卡、卢梭、克尔恺郭尔、尼采、维特根斯坦和拉康，由此构成了巴丢的反哲学家系列。本书是《维特根斯坦的反哲学》的姊妹篇，是对圣保罗的专题研究。作为一个无神论者，巴丢从哲学而非宗教的角度，严格立足于保罗的文本，深入探析了保罗对于达成人类间的普遍关联的重要思想贡献；从对保罗生平与学说的独特阐释中，为我们挖掘了一个作为诗人思想家、斗士和反哲学家的圣保罗的新形象。无论从思想史还是基督教研究来看，本书都不失为一部发人深省的开创性哲学著作。
本书最好和《维特根斯坦的反哲学》一起阅读，因为它们同属于阿兰•巴丢“反哲学家”这一理念的开拓性成果，很多概念可以相互参照。较之《维特根斯坦的反哲学》，本书写得更富激情和现实意义。巴丢丝毫不掩饰对圣保罗的赞誉与崇敬，并用文本的力量向我们佐证了这份崇仰的坚实基础。经过巴丢的解读，保罗书信的多层意义得以彰显。读者可以通过此书加深甚或改变对圣保罗、《圣经》文本、哲学乃至信仰的认识。

Being and Event is the greatest work of Alain Badiou, France's most important living philosopher. Long-awaited in translation, Being and Event makes available to an English-speaking readership Badiou's groundbreaking work on set theory - the cornerstone of his whole philosophy. The book makes the scope and aim of Badiou's whole philosophical project clear, enabling full comprehension of Badiou's significance for contemporary philosophy. Badiou draws upon and is fully engaged with the European philosophical tradition from Plato onwards; Being and Event deals with such key figures as Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Hegel, Rousseau, Heidegger and Lacan.
This wide-ranging book is organised in a careful, precise and novel manner, reflecting the philosophical rigour of Badiou's thought. Unlike many contemporary Continental philosophers, Badiou - who is also a novelist and dramatist - writes lucidly and cogently, making his work far more accessible and engaging than much philosophy, and actually a pleasure to read. This English language edition includes a new preface, written by Badiou himself, especially for this translation.
Being and Event is a must-have for Badiou's significant following and anyone interested in contemporary Continental philosophy.

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