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First published in German as Philosophie und die Idee des Kommunismus © Passagen Verlag GmbH, 2013
This English edition © Polity Press, 2015
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-8839-8
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Badiou, Alain.
[Philosophie und die Idee des Kommunismus. English]
Philosophy and the idea of communism : Alain Badiou in conversation with Peter
Engelmann / Alain Badiou, Peter Engelmann. -- English edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-7456-8835-0 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-0-7456-8836-7 (pbk.)
1. Philosophers--France--Interviews. 2. Communism. 3. Political science--Philosophy.
I. Engelmann, Peter, interviewer. II. Title.
B2430.B274A5 2015
355.4’11--dc23
2014043391
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