Infinitely Demanding is the clearest, boldest and most systematic of Simon Critchley's influential views on philosophy, ethics and politics. Part diagnosis of the times, part theoretical analysis of the impasses and possibilities of ethics and politics, part manifesto Infinitely Demandind identifies a massive political disappointment at the heart of liberal democracy and argues that what is called for is an ethics of commitment thatn can inform a radical politics. exploring the problem of ethics in Kant, Levinas, Badiou and Lacan that leads to a conception of subjectivity based on the infinite responsibility of an ethical demand, Critchley considers the possibility of political subjectivity and action after Marx and Marxism.
Infinitely Demanding culminates in an argument for anarchism as an ethical practice and a renovating means of political organization.
| ISBN: | 9781844671212 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 2007 |
| Author: | Simon Critchley |
| Publisher: | Verso an imprint of Verso US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 168 pages |
| Genres: |
Ethics and moral philosophy Social and political philosophy Popular philosophy |
Infinitely Demanding is the clearest, boldest and most systematic of Simon Critchley's influential views on philosophy, ethics and politics. Part diagnosis of the times, part theoretical analysis of the impasses and possibilities of ethics and politics, part manifesto Infinitely Demandind identifies a massive political disappointment at the heart of liberal democracy and argues that what is called for is an ethics of commitment thatn can inform a radical politics. exploring the problem of ethics in Kant, Levinas, Badiou and Lacan that leads to a conception of subjectivity based on the infinite responsibility of an ethical demand, Critchley considers the possibility of political subjectivity and action after Marx and Marxism.
Infinitely Demanding features in the following genres: Ethics and moral philosophy, Social and political philosophy, Popular philosophy
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Infinitely Demanding was written by Simon Critchley and published by Verso an imprint of Verso US
Infinitely Demanding has 168 pages