Second Manifesto for PhilosophyTwenty years ago, Alain Badiou's first Manifesto for Philosophy rose up against the all pervasive proclamation of the end of philosophy. In lieu of this problematic of the end, he put forward the watchword: one more step. The situation has considerably changed since then. Philosophy was threatened with obliteration at the time, whereas today it finds itself under threat for the diametrically opposed reason: it is endowed with an excessive, artificial