Infinitely Demanding

Simon Critchley

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ISBN-13
9781844671212
citemno
158576
Subject
Political Philosophy
Author
Simon Critchley
Subtitle
Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance
Publish Date
05/17/2007
Publisher Name
Verso Books
Book Type
Hardcover
Number of Pages
168
ISBN-10
1844671216
SKU
9781844671212

Description

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.