Oliver Feltham is an

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philosopher and

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working in

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. He is known primarily for his English translations of

Alain Badiou Alain Badiou (; ; born 17 January 1937) is a French philosopher, formerly chair of Philosophy at the École normale supérieure (ENS) and founder of the faculty of Philosophy of the Université de Paris VIII with Gilles Deleuze, Michel Fouca ...

, most notably Badiou’s

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''Being and Event'' (2006).Review of ''Alain Badiou: Live Theory''
reviewed by

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Feltham's own writings are drawn from many of his research interests including

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, critical theory, and the history of

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. His recent work has also focused on

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and Jacques Lacan. Feltham received his

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at the

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. In 2000, he completed his doctoral thesis at

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, writing his dissertation on the

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distinction between

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and work in ancient and modern philosophy (with a focus on Badiou and Michel Foucault) based on research Feltham conducted in Paris.Faculty Homepage
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(AUP) where he has been since 2004 and where he became a full-time associate professor in 2006, teaching in the

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and "Global Communications" departments and in the Philosophy Program. Feltham is also a researcher at the ''Circle for Lacanian Ideology Critique'' at the Jan van Eyck Academie in

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Selected bibliography

;Translated books and articles *Alain Badiou: ** ''Infinite Thought: Truth and the Return to Philosophy'', transl. and ed. by Feltham &

Justin Clemens Justin Clemens (born 22 April 1969) is an Australian academic known for his work on Alain Badiou, psychoanalysis, European philosophy, and contemporary Australian art and literature. He is also a published poet. Background Clemens studied at the ...

; (London: Continuum, 2003): (paperback); (hardcover) ** ''Being and Event'', London: Continuum, 2006. * Jean-Claude Milner, "The Doctrine on Science", ''Umbr(a)L Science and Truth Issue'' (Buffalo: 2000). ;Authored books *''As Fire Burns: Of Ontology, Praxis, and Functional Work'', Geelong, Deakin University PhD Thesis, 2000. *(ed. with Bruno Besana), ''Écrits autour de la pensée d'Alain Badiou'', Paris, Éditions L'Harmattan, 2007. *''Alain Badiou: Live Theory'', London: Continuum, 2008. . *''Anatomy of Failure: Philosophy and Political Action'', London, Bloomsbury, 2013.

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Make it New: Oliver Feltham's ''Badiou: Live Theory''
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