Abstract

This article addresses Badiou’s interpretation of Deleuze’s philosophy. We will focus on his understanding of univocity and the event, as these are crucial concepts that encompass the most controversial aspects of his approach. Regarding the first theme, we will examine the two theses underpinning his perspective on univocity: the primacy of the One-All and the fictional nature of the multiple. Concerning the second, we will analyze Badiou’s critique of Deleuze, asserting that the latter reduces the event to regular and ordinary facts of the world while also approaching the linguistic turn and a religious dimension. Our hypothesis is that Badiou’s reading suffers from insurmountable conceptual weaknesses. Therefore, we will propose alternative perspectives grounded more solidly in Deleuze’s texts. We argue that Badiou’s interpretation has limited heuristic potential, as it fails to provide renewed interpretative keys, instead accusing Deleuze of succumbing to the very philosophical positions he critiques: transcendence, Platonism, empiricist confusion, and the linguistic turn.