Experts
Simon Critchley
Philosopher
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Simon Critchley on the Best Philosopher Deaths
The philosopher recounts how Francis Bacon and Jean Jacques Rousseau met their end. Read More
February 19, 2009 | In Life & Death
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The philosopher explains the instruction of autonomy. Read More
February 19, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
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Simon Critchley Philosophizes The Obama Moment
Philosopher Simon Critchley discusses the new Enlightenment. Read More
February 19, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
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Simon Critchley on the philosophers of optimism. Read More
February 19, 2009 | In Life & Death
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Simon Critchley Examines Friedrich Nietzsche
The philosopher takes a look at Nietzsche’s approach to life and death. Read More
February 19, 2009 | In Life & Death
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Simon Critchley on Living Like a Philosopher
Simon Critchley on the brilliance of Epicurus. Read More
February 19, 2009 | In Life & Death
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Simon Critchley on the Psychology of Murder
The philosopher discusses the ape-like nature of humans. Read More
February 19, 2009 | In Life & Death
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Simon Critchley on the Desire of Longevity
The philosopher emphasizes the need to be aware of “a never returning transient present.” Read More
February 19, 2009 | In Life & Death
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Simon Critchley on Religion and Death
The philosopher talks about how suicide has become a taboo and how death could be regarded differently. Read More
February 19, 2009 | In Life & Death
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Simon Critchley on the History of Death
Simon Critchley's historiography of death. Read More
February 19, 2009 | In Life & Death
Simon Critchly is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York. He is the author of many books,including On Heidegger's Being and Time and Infinitely Demanding: Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance. The Book of Dead Philosophers was written on a hill overlooking Los Angeles, where he was a scholar at the Getty Research Institute. He lives in Brooklyn.
