Underlying Matthew Sharpe's 'Resurrecting (Meta-)Political Theology, or the Abstract Passion of Alain Badiou' is the intersection of philosophy and the Left. 'If the Left is not to repeat ... those moments of its history that today provide such ammunition for the "there is no alternative" chorus from the Right'. The problem Badiou's thought rests on is how we can think against the state under the condition of the state. I agree with Badiou that it…
