Infinitely Demanding: Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance (Radical Thinkers Set 07) - Softcover

Critchley, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781680175 ISBN 13: 9781781680179

Publisher: Verso Books, 2013

Synopsis

The clearest, boldest and most systematic statement of Simon Critchley's influential views on philosophy, ethics, and politics, Infinitely Demanding identifies a massive political disappointment at the heart of liberal democracy. Arguing that what is called for is an ethics of commitment that can inform a radical politics, Critchley considers the possibility of political subjectivity and 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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Review:

Highly recommended. --Choice

Simon Critchley is the most powerful and provocative philosopher now writing about the complex relations of ethical subjectivity and reinvigorated democracy. --Cornel West

A stimulating analysis; highly recommended. --Library Journal

About the Author:

Simon Critchley is Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research at the University of Essex, Colchester, UK. He is the author of many books, including Ethics-Politics-Subjectivity from Verso (1999), and, most recently, Things Merely Are (2005).

About this edition

• Publisher: Verso Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1781680175
• ISBN 13: 9781781680179
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176