Re: [Marxism] Renewing Radical Theory - Simon Critchley in conversation with Michael Hardt

["Sayan Bhattacharyya" <ok.president+marxmail@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/14/07, Rowan Wilson <rowanwilsonwork@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Simon Critchley's latest book, Infinitely Demanding, is published by Verso on 
> June 12th

This book looks interesting!

Editorial Reviews
Book Description
A new political ethics that confronts the injustices of liberal democracy.

Infinitely Demanding is the clearest, boldest and most systematic
statement 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 Demanding identifies a massive political
disappointment at the heart of liberal democracy and argues that what
is called for is an ethics of commitment that 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 remotivating means of political
organization.

About the Author
Simon Critchley is Professor of Philosophy at the New School for
Social Research and at the University of Essex, Colchester, UK. He is
the author of many books, including Ethics-Politics-Subjectivity from
Verso, and Things Merely Are.

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