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Five Lessons on Wagner keyword-white by tracing it back toFor over a century, Richard Wagners music has been the subject of intense debate among philosophers, many of whom have attacked its ideologicalsome say racist and reactionaryunderpinnings. In this major new work, Alain Badiou, radical philosopher and keen Wagner enthusiast, offers a detailed reading of the critical responses to the composers work, which include Adornos writings on the composer and Wagners recuperation by Nazism as well as more recent