Simon Critchley Interview (Episode 2) (01)

Simon Critchley (born February 27, 1960) is an English philosopher now teaching in the U.S., who works in continental philosophy, history of philosophy, literature, ethics and politics. Critchley argues that philosophy begins in disappointment, either religious or political. In many ways, these two axes of disappointment organize his published work. Religious disappointment raises the question of meaning and has to deal with the problem of nihilism. Political disappointment provokes the question of justice and raises the need for an ethics. His latest book, The Book of Dead Philosophers (2008) is an extended defense of the idea that to philosophize is to learn how to die, The Book of Dead Philosophers was published by Granta in the UK, Vintage in the US and Melbourne University Press in Australia. It is being translated into 6 languages and has been on The New York Times Best-Seller List since March 8th, 2009.

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[Blodhosta]

iota2020: He's explicitly talking about the current period of our (his) culture.

[iota2020]

no, not most people haven't seen death....most europeans, americans haven't...but ask anyone else from somewhere else (in other words, the rest of the world)...they'll tell you they've seen death....sometimes on a regular basis.

[MALARKISTKOBY]

that intro music is horrible