The Resource Ahmed the philosopher : thirty-four short plays for children and everyone else, Alain Badiou ; translated and with an introduction by Joseph Litvak
Ahmed the philosopher : thirty-four short plays for children and everyone else, Alain Badiou ; translated and with an introduction by Joseph Litvak
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The item Ahmed the philosopher : thirty-four short plays for children and everyone else, Alain Badiou ; translated and with an introduction by Joseph Litvak represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- Summary
- English-speaking readers might be surprised to learn that Alain Badiou writes fiction and plays along with his philosophical works and that they are just as important to understanding his larger intellectual project. In Ahmed the Philosopher, Badiou's most entertaining and accessible play, translated into English here for the first time, readers are introduced to Badiou's philosophy through a theatrical tour de force that has met with much success in France. Ahmed the Philosopher presents its comic hero, the?treacherous servant" Ahmed, as a seductively trenchant philosopher even as it
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 210 pages)
- Contents
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- Table of Contents; Preface to the English Translation of Ahmed philosophe; Translator's Introduction: Badiou the Comedian/Ahmed the Philosopher; Ahmed the Philosopher; Notes
- Isbn
- 9781306776769
- Label
- Ahmed the philosopher : thirty-four short plays for children and everyone else
- Title
- Ahmed the philosopher
- Title remainder
- thirty-four short plays for children and everyone else
- Statement of responsibility
- Alain Badiou ; translated and with an introduction by Joseph Litvak
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- English-speaking readers might be surprised to learn that Alain Badiou writes fiction and plays along with his philosophical works and that they are just as important to understanding his larger intellectual project. In Ahmed the Philosopher, Badiou's most entertaining and accessible play, translated into English here for the first time, readers are introduced to Badiou's philosophy through a theatrical tour de force that has met with much success in France. Ahmed the Philosopher presents its comic hero, the?treacherous servant" Ahmed, as a seductively trenchant philosopher even as it
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Badiou, Alain
- Dewey number
- 842.914
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PQ2662.A323
- Literary form
- dramas
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Litvak, Joseph
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- French drama
- Philosophy
- DRAMA
- DRAMA
- French drama
- Philosophy
- Label
- Ahmed the philosopher : thirty-four short plays for children and everyone else, Alain Badiou ; translated and with an introduction by Joseph Litvak
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Table of Contents; Preface to the English Translation of Ahmed philosophe; Translator's Introduction: Badiou the Comedian/Ahmed the Philosopher; Ahmed the Philosopher; Notes
- Control code
- 875818954
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 210 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781306776769
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.7312/badi16692
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- b3d5e507-4973-4269-be11-35ae90fb99f6
- 22573/ctt14d2wrk
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)875818954
- Label
- Ahmed the philosopher : thirty-four short plays for children and everyone else, Alain Badiou ; translated and with an introduction by Joseph Litvak
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Table of Contents; Preface to the English Translation of Ahmed philosophe; Translator's Introduction: Badiou the Comedian/Ahmed the Philosopher; Ahmed the Philosopher; Notes
- Control code
- 875818954
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 210 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781306776769
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.7312/badi16692
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- b3d5e507-4973-4269-be11-35ae90fb99f6
- 22573/ctt14d2wrk
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)875818954
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