On Radicality

original texts by ALAIN BADIOU,  MEHDI BELHAJ KACEM, DODIE BELLAMY, NICOLAS BOURRIAUD, EMANUELE COCCIA, TRISTAN GARCIA, CHRIS KRAUS and HEDI EL KHOLTI, BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY, PAUL MCCARTHY, JEAN-LUC NANCY, PAUL B. PRECIADO, ARIANA REINES

art by JOSEPHINE PRYDE

How can one be radical today in a complex period when we need political change? Is it still possible?
Is it absurd? Is it an illusion? Sometimes we long for radicalism in a romantic way; sometimes we are scared of it, as it can be the source of extremism. Under what terms can radicalism be as powerful to us as it was to the avant-garde movements in the past?

On the occasion of its 25 ^th anniversary, Purple asked leading thinkers from the worlds of philosophy and literature to investigate what radicality could mean, and to offer possibilities for being radical.

Responding to the Plants 4, courtesy…