# The Age of the Poets

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- Book: [The Age of the Poets](https://www.bookquiver.com/alain-badiou/the-age-of-the-poets) ([The Age of the Poets.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alain-badiou/the-age-of-the-poets.md))
- Authors: [Alain Badiou](https://www.bookquiver.com/alain-badiou), [Bruno Bosteels](https://www.bookquiver.com/bruno-bosteels), [Emily Apter](https://www.bookquiver.com/emily-apter)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-17-8168-570-9
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2014-11-18
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

The Age of the Poets revisits the age-old problem of the relation between literature and philosophy, arguing against both Plato and Heidegger’s famous arguments. Philosophy neither has to ban the...