Abstract
A turn is seen in event theory in the 21st century intellectual history, and the highlighting of the issue of event manifests man's aspiration to change the world. Event is a singularity, and cannot be reduced to a discourse or degree in an established order, since it itself constitutes a challenge to the discursive structure of the order. The emergence of an event signifies the occupation of a new place, so that absolute transformations can be made in new places and spaces. This is the starting point from which contemporary thinkers, such as Gilles Deleuze, Slovaj Žižek, and Alain Badiou, conceptualize event. By analyzing the thoughts of Plato, Deleuze, Žižek, and Badiou, this paper reconsiders the notion of event and explores the transitional singularity, in hope of initiating the philosophical path toward the future.
First Page
150
Last Page
158
Recommended Citation
Lan, Jiang. 2020. "Events Toward the Future: Event Theory Turn from the Perspective of Contemporary Thinkers." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 40, (2): pp.150-158. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol40/iss2/7
