Alain Badiou and Slavoj i ek together have emerged as two of Europe s most significant living philosophers. In a shared spirit of resistance to global capitalism, both are committed to bringing philosophical reflection to bear upon present-day political circumstances. These thinkers are especially interested in asking what consequences the supposed twentieth-century demise of communism entails for leftist political theory in the early twenty-first century." Badiou, i ek, and Political Transformations" examines Badiouian and i ekian depictions of change, particularly as deployed at the intersection of philosophy and politics. The book details the origins of Badiou s concept of the event and i ek s concept of the act as related theoretical visions of revolutionary happenings, delineating a number of difficulties arising from these similar concepts. Johnston finds that Badiou and i ek tend to favor models of transformation that risk discouraging in advance precisely the efforts at changing the world of today that these uncompromising leftists so ardently desire. "Badiou, i ek, and Political Transformations" will surely join Johnston s " i ek s Ontology "as an instant classic in its field.".