The concept of subject in Badiou and Lacan

This article is part of a broader research, performed during almost five years, in which we proposed a rigorous and singular reading of the subject concept in Alain Badiou and Jacques Lacan. In order to define clearly the topic of the study, we formulated the following question as the starting point: what place (topos) does the concept subject take in the logic (logos) articulation of the thought of both authors, particularly in their ontological and political dimensions? As will be seen below, this work displays a conceptual topology which, at the same time, presents certain historical milestones. As it is known, one of the central themes around which the contemporary political philosophy has turned it has been the question of the subject, and the corresponding underlying knowledge and truths (PALTI, 2005, FOUCAULT, 2010). It has been questioned by example what place does the subject occupy? Is it possible to specify a priori its existence? Where does its status derive? Is it a transcendental or a substantial function, is it empty or reflective? These questions belong, in a way, to a modern metaphysics conception of the subject, that we will try to displace.