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Read the guideWhat changes when we meet someone?
Badiou discusses an encounter as an unexpected beginning and considers the decisions that follow it. A challenging philosophical companion to Connection Theory’s interest in people, change and commitment.
Academy reading guide · Source reviewed
Why it is on the Academy shelfA question worth
A question worth
spending time with.
Consider the difference between calling a meeting meaningful and choosing to build something from it. Discuss the idea; you do not need to agree with the philosopher.
Put the source in context
Philosophy with a distinctive political and intellectual context. Badiou is not presented as a psychic-development teacher or as endorsing Connection Theory.
A note for your journal
What made a meeting matter: its coincidence, or the choices I made afterwards?
Academy discussion prompt · not a quotation from the author.
Write your first response in your own words. Add what you observed, what you inferred and what could change your interpretation. Keep identifying details about other people out of shared notes.
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