Ethics-Politics-Subjectivity
Essays on Derrida, Levinas and Contemporary French Thought
Published on 9. June 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
314 pages
978-1-84467-351-3 (ISBN)
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.
Reviews / Votes
Simon Critchley is the most powerful and provocative philosopher now writing about the complex relations of ethical subjectivity and reinvigorated democracy. -- Cornel WestMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
343 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84467-351-3 (9781844673513)
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Ethics-Politics-Subjectivity
Essays on Derrida, Levinas and Contemporary French Thought
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Simon Critchley
Ethics-Politics-Subjectivity
Essays on Derrida, Levinas and Contemporary French Thought
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Person
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.