Theory of the Subject Quotes

“When one abdicates universality, one obtains universal horror.”
― Alain Badiou, Theory of the Subject

“Courage is the name of the topological burning up of places and of interests, inasmuch as it is subordinated to the gesture of opening oneself up to becoming 'the most exposed', which is what allows one to 'sustain oneself'. ... This is because courage, the burnt precipitation (one has 'fired one's last rounds') in the excess over the place, promptly recomposes - beyond the destruction that it is - the subjective process of justice.”
― Alain Badiou, Theory of the Subject