Volume 64, Issue 4, Fall 2020
Philosophy in a Time of Pandemic
Graham Harman
Pages 845-849
Concerning the COVID-19 Event
This article focuses on Alain Badiou’s surprisingly moderate response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is shown that his dismissal of the virus as a familiar problem best dealt with by bureaucratic managers stems from an overly idealist approach to one of his key philosophical topics: the event.