Description
In Ethics-Politics-Subjectivity, Simon Critchley takes up three questions at the centre of contemporary theoretical debate: What is ethical experience? What can be said of the subject who has this experience? What, if any, is the relation of ethical experience to politics? Through spirited confrontations with major thinkers, such as Lacan, Nancy, Rorty, and, in particular, Levinas and Derrida, Critchley finds answers in a nuanced "ethics of finitude" and defends the political possibilities of deconstruction. Democracy, economics, friendship, and technology are all considered anew in Critchley's bold excursions on the meaning and value of recent French philosophy.
Author: Simon Critchley
Publisher: Verso
Published: 06/01/2009
Pages: 316
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781844673513
ISBN10: 1844673510
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Movements | Deconstruction
- Philosophy | Political
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Author: Simon Critchley
Publisher: Verso
Published: 06/01/2009
Pages: 316
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781844673513
ISBN10: 1844673510
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Movements | Deconstruction
- Philosophy | Political
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
About the Author
Simon Critchley is Hans Jonas Professor at the New School for Social Research, and a part-time professor of philosophy at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. His many books include Infinitely Demanding, Ethics-Politics-Subjectivity and, most recently, The Book of Dead Philosophers.