This article constructs a dialogue between Alain Badiou's philosophy of evental subjectivation and anthropology as an empirical social science. Elaborating on the few existing anthropological engagements with Badiou's theory by bringing in his more recent writing, it aims to familiarise anthropologists with some key dimensions of his approach and conceptual apparatus and to consider its use for anthropological theorisation of political struggle and process. Reflecting ethnographically on the (after)life of one happening in Bosnia and Herzegovina (the 2014 Winter Revolt) in light of another happening (the 1992–1995 war), I investigate the conditions under which happenings may or may not come to function—and be recognised—as events, as catalysts of change. Substantially departing from Badiou's normative-universalist approach, I nevertheless argue that a core dimension of his project—an effort to conceptualise subject formation processually in relation to events—can inspire interesting avenues for anthropological theorising. Particularly in addressing questions of perspective, intensity and duration, I contend that anthropologists are well-placed to trace modalities of what Badiou calls ‘fidelity' and its refusal.

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阿兰·巴迪欧（Alain Badiou）的人类学忠诚

本文构建了阿兰·巴迪欧的最终主观哲学与人类学作为经验社会科学之间的对话。它通过引入巴迪欧的最新著作来详细阐述与巴迪欧理论相关的现有人类学研究内容，旨在使人类学家熟悉其方法和概念工具的某些关键方面，并考虑将其用于政治斗争和过程的人类学理论化。从人种学的角度对波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那发生的事后生命（2014年冬季起义）进行回顾，并考虑到另一起事件（1992年至1995年的战争），我研究了发生或未发生事件的条件-被视为事件，是变革的催化剂。完全背离了巴迪欧的规范通用主义方法，但是，我认为，他的项目的一个核心方面（即努力从事件的角度逐步地概念化主题形成）可以为人类学理论探索提供有趣的途径。我认为，特别是在解决视角，强度和持续时间问题时，我认为人类学家很适合追踪巴迪欧所说的“忠诚”及其拒绝的方式。