The return to religion has perhaps become the dominant cliche of
contemporary theory, which rarely offers anything more than an
exaggerated eco of a political reality dominated by religious war.
Somehow, the secular age seems to have been replaced by a new era, where
political action flows directly from metaphysical conflict. The Faith
of the Faithless asks how we might respond. Following Critchley's
Infinitely Demanding, this new book builds on its philosophical and
political framework, also venturing into the questions of faith, love,
religion and violence. Should we defend a version of secularism and
quietly accept the slide into a form of theism - or is there another
way? From Rousseau's political and religion to the return of St. Paul in
Taubes, Agamben and Badiou, via explorations of politics and original
sin in the work of Schmitt and John Gray, Critchley examines whether
there can be a faith of the faithless, a belief for unbelievers.
Expanding on his debate with Slavoj Zizek, Critchley concludes with a
meditation on the question of violence, and the limits of non-violence.
著者について
SIMON CRITCHLEY is a professor of philosophy at the New School for
Social Research, and at the University of Essex, Colchester. His many
books include Infinitely Demanding, Ethics-Politics-Subjectivity and,
most recently, The Book of Dead Philosophers.
- ハードカバー: 291ページ
- 出版社: Verso Books; 1版 (2012/02)
- 言語 英語, 英語, 英語
- ISBN-10: 1844677370
- ISBN-13: 978-1844677375
- 発売日： 2012/02
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