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‘All [[philosophy ]] is a [[metaphysics ]] of happiness…or it’s not worth an hour of trouble’ claims [[Alain ]] [[Badiou ]] in this lively [[intervention ]] into one of the most persistent themes in philosophy: what is happiness? And what do I [[need ]] to do to be happy? The [[desire ]] to be happy is one of our most [[universal ]] goals and yet there doesn’t seem to be any easy answers or [[formulas ]] for achieving happiness. And the [[concept ]] has become so commodified and corrupted to be almost unrecognizable as something worth pursuing. In light of this, should we just give up the aspiration to be happy altogether? [[Alain Badiou ]] thinks not.

While eschewing futile procedures for magically becoming ‘happy’, Badiou does passionately maintain that in [[order ]] to be truly happy we need philosophy. And, bolder still, that a [[life ]] lived philosophically is the happiest life of all!