| Ethics-Politics-Subjectivity: Essays on Derrida, Levinas & Contemporary French Thought Contributor(s): Critchley, Simon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1844673510 ISBN-13: 9781844673513 Publisher: Verso OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: A defense of the political possibilities of deconstruction, unlocking the ethical potential of Derrida's work. "The most powerful and provocative philosopher now writing about... ethical subjectivity and reinvigorated democracy." --Cornel West |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Deconstruction - Philosophy | Political - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 194 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.75 lbs) 316 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Ethics-Politics-Subjectivity, Simon Critchley takes up three questions at the centre of contemporary theoretical debate: What is ethical experience? What can be said of the subject who has this experience? What, if any, is the relation of ethical experience to politics? Through spirited confrontations with major thinkers, such as Lacan, Nancy, Rorty, and, in particular, Levinas and Derrida, Critchley finds answers in a nuanced "ethics of finitude" and defends the political possibilities of deconstruction. Democracy, economics, friendship, and technology are all considered anew in Critchley's bold excursions on the meaning and value of recent French philosophy. |