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"The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States sent shockwaves across the globe. How was such an outcome even possible? And how can we move beyond the deep crisis of Western democracy that the election of Trump represents? 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 event. He argues that Trump's victory was the symptom of a global crisis made up of four characteristics: the triumph of a brutal and violent 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. It was in this context that Trump could emerge as a new kind of political figure that was both inside and outside the political system, a member of the Republican Party who, at the same time, represents something outside the system--sexism, racism and a tendency toward violence and fascism. The progressive political challenge now is to create something new that offers people a real choice, a radical alternative based on principles of universality and equality. This concise account of the meaning of Trump should be read by everyone who wants to understand what is happening in our world today"--

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Translator's note -- Childhood and youth -- Military black -- The Stroke of Midnight -- The black dog in the dark -- The inkwell -- Chalk and markers -- Confusions -- Early sexuality -- The dialectics of black -- Dialectical ambiguities -- Black souls -- Soulages' ultrablack -- Flags -- Red and black. And white. And violet. -- Stendhal: the red and the black -- The dark desire of/for darkness -- Clothing -- The black sign -- Black humor, or black vs. black -- Outward appearance -- Physics, biology, and anthropology -- The metaphorical black of the Cosmos

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- I Structure of the Contemporary World -- 1 The Triumph of Globalized Capital -- 2 The Weakening of States -- 3 The New Practices of Imperialism -- II Effects on Populations -- III Reactive Subjectivities -- IV Contemporary Fascism -- V Who Are the Killers? -- VI The State's Reaction: 'France' and 'War' -- VII The Conditions of a Return to a Politics of Emancipation, Detached from the Schema of the Contemporary World -- End User License Agreement.