Simon Critchley Interview (Episode 1) (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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• Simon Critchley
• Levinas
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• Philosophy

[BoStevoD]

Most intensely Swedish interviewer ever.

[Blodhosta]

I have nightmares about Hegel's name flying towards me when I'm out in the woods, like in that intro.

I don't know why he gives the impression here (as well as in ep 2) that philosophy began with Socrates and as a respons to sophism. Parmenides? Democritus? Heraclitus? These weren't even philosophers according to Critchley? Raymond Tallis even says (somewhat jokingly of course, as a nod to Whitehead) that Plato was nothing but a collection of footnotes to Parmenides.

[sportsportsport]

The interviewer is fucking cool. I just cited some of Critchley's writing in an essay. Thought I'd check him out on here. Never prejudge or previsualise a man by his writings.

[K2nsl3r]

a cute gay

[lippoliswp]

the interviewer is gay

[mirandalatimer]

the interviewer is cute.