Theory of Subject Reading Group {#theory-of-subject-reading-group-1} #
Introductory reading #
- "One Divides into Two?", Tzuchen Tho's introduction to [@badiou2011b].
- "Three Decades of Dividing into Two", Appendix of [@badiou2011b].
- "Hegel in France", Ch 2. of [@badiou2012].
- "The (Re)commencement of Dialectical Materialism", Ch. 9 of [@badiou2012].
- Badiou and Politics, Preface.
Reading schedule #
The aim is to finish the book over the summer in a reasonable amount of time.
Week Part Chapters
1 I First three sessions (1-28) 2 Subsequent two sessions (29-50) 3 II First three sessions (51-83) 4 Subsequent two sessions (84-110) 5 III First three sessions (113-132) 6 Subsequent three sessions (132-157) 7 Last two sessions (158-176) 8 IV First three sessions (179-207) 9 Last four sessions (208-239) 10 V First two sessions (243-253) 11 Subsequent three sessions (254-274) 12 VI First three sessions (277-303) 13 Subsequent two sessions (304-316) 14 Final two sessions (317-332)
Week 1 #
Primary Reading:
- Pages 1--28 of ToS.
Secondary Reading:
- Preface ToS.
- "Hegel in France", Ch 2. of [@badiou2012].
Week 2 #
Primary Reading:
- Pages 28--50 ToS.
Secondary Reading:
- "The Underground Current of the Materialism of the Encounter", Althusser.
Week 10 #
Primary Reading:
- Logical Time and the Ancitipation of Certainty, Lacan.
- ToS
Week 13 #
Secondary Reading: Autonomy of the Aesthetic Process.