Transcendental Logics of Worlds. Alain Badiou’s Objective Phenomenology

Abstract

The study sums up Alain Badiou’s “objective phenomenological” theory of his second magnum opus, the Logics of Worlds, published in 2006. By explicating the immanent transcendental logics of worlds, the theory reinterprets, among other things, the concepts of event and subject. What makes the theory unique, is the fact that the concept of “transcendental” is not associated with God, nor with the subject, but merely with the world. As shown in the examples, the phenomenological descriptions deal mainly with political situations. Since in many ways, the theory can be compared with Gilles Deleuze’s transcendental empiricism, from time to time, the study reflects on the differences between the two theories, which may help understand the Logics of Worlds.