Infinitely Demanding: Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance - Softcover

Critchley, Simon

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9781844672967: Infinitely Demanding: Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance

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Publisher: Verso, 2008

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The clearest, boldest and most systematic statement of Simon Critchley’sinfluential views on philosophy, ethics, and politics, Infinitely Demanding identifiesa massive political disappointment at the heart of liberal democracy. Arguing that what is called for is an ethics of commitment that caninform a radical politics, Critchley considers the possibility of political subjectivityand action after Marx and Marxism, taking in the work of Kant, Levinas, Badiou and Lacan. Infinitely Demanding culminates in an argument for anarchism as an ethical practice and a remotivating means of political organization.

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The culmination of his philosophical work to-date.

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.

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