The question of migration has come to dominate the news agenda in many
countries, but what does the word ‘migrant’ really mean today and
how should we respond to those who are labelled ‘migrants’?
In this short book Alain Badiou argues that our way of thinking about
migration should be governed both by an ethical duty to welcome the
migrant in the name of hospitality and also by the urgent need to put
an end to the global capitalist oligarchy that has produced the
migrant as a figure of contemporary crisis. For the ‘migrant,’
argues Badiou, is in fact a nomadic proletarian. Today, our homeland
is the world, and any meaningful politics must include those who come
to us and who represent the universal nomadic
proletariat.
Writing with the rigor, clarity, and polemical flair that have made
him one of the world’s most influential philosophers, and drawing on
a rich body of material including contemporary poetry and the words of
an anonymous migrant, Badiou develops a powerful riposte to those who
have stoked the fear of migrants and exploited the migration question
for political ends.
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ISBN
9781509542475
Publisert
2020
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Polity
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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