May, Todd. Review of Oliver Feltham's ALAIN BADIOU: LIVE THEORY. NDPR (March 2009).

Feltham, Oliver. Alain Badiou: Live Theory. London: Continuum, 2008. There is a dual thread Feltham follows throughout Badiou's work, the strands of which are entwined. Each of these strands is derived from puzzles that vexed the thought of Badiou's teacher Louis Althusser. One strand concerns the question of how to conceive political change; the other concerns the relation of theory and practice. The intertwining of these strands occurs around the issue of politics. A theory of change must somehow be enlightening for the engagement with political practice. On the other hand, one might ask how much practice itself can enlighten one's theoretical conception of politics and political change. For Badiou, who has never abandoned the field of engaged politics, these issues can be said to structure his thought. It seems to me that by placing them front and center, Feltham has touched on the heart of that thought. . . . Read the whole review here: http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=15526.