Faith of the Faithless: Experiments on Political Theology: Experiments in Political Theology - Softcover

Critchley, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781681686 ISBN 13: 9781781681688

Publisher: Verso Books, 2014

Synopsis

Why do we still have religion? It seems to offer nothing but violence, suppression and conflict. Discussing the relationship between religion and politics, exploring questions of faith, love, human nature and original sin, Simon Critchley asks whether we can establish a faith for the faithless and how it can manifest itself in everyday life, from the identity of love to the role of violence.

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Review:

"A thoughtful, illuminating exploration ... erudite and measured." --Publishers Weekly

"A rich, audacious attempt to plumb the meaning of faith ... an exacting and indispensable reflection on the nature of political commitment." Books and Culture

"A movingly optimistic work ... Critchley, poetically and persuasively, suggests ways in which this might be accomplished."--Stuart Kelly, Guardian

"A sustained and fascinating reflection on the place of religion in political discourse."--Giles Fraser, New Statesman

"The book displays Critchley's skill as one of the very best close readers of philosophical texts we have ... this fascinating and important book traces, as it were, a trajectory of his thought and is not an end in itself."--Robert Eaglestone, Times Higher Education Supplement

"Provides a powerful vision of what our politics ought to look like."--David Winters, Los Angeles Review of Books

About the Author:

SIMON CRITCHLEY is the Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School of Social Research in New York. He is the author of Infinitely Demanding, Ethics - Politics - Subjectivity and The Book of Dead Philosophers. He is a frequent contributor to the philosophy column in the New York Times.

About this edition

• Publisher: Verso Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1781681686
• ISBN 13: 9781781681688
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320