%0 Journal Article
%T Event{u}al Disruptions: Postmodern Theory and Alain Badiou
%A Huber
%A Sebastian
%J COPAS : Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies
%D 2012
%I University of Regensburg
%X This (rather theoretical) paper juxtaposes three ¡®postmodern¡¯ tendencies (epistemology, monocentrism and its idea of events) with Alain Badiou¡¯s ontological approach that implies multiple multiplicities and the singular event. By referring to the work of Jacques Derrida, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, as well as Gilles Deleuze, I seek to offer an insight into postmodern (Literary and Cultural) theory¡¯s attachment to certain beliefs that pose problems to movements of resistance, as well as conceptualizations of anything ¡®new.¡¯ By introducing Alain Badiou¡¯s thoughts on postmodern theory as well as his divergence from this path, I illuminate his potential for critical analyses in American Studies to come.
%U http://copas.uni-regensburg.de/article/view/54/172