Simon Critchley

Simon Critchley is Hans Jonas Professor at the New School for Social Research, and a part-time professor of philosophy at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. His many books include Infinitely Demanding, Ethics-Politics-Subjectivity and, most recently, The Book of Dead Philosophers.

Books by Simon Critchley

  1. Book CoverEthics-Politics-Subjectivity: Essays on Derrida, Levinas & Contemporary French Thought


    Powerful and provocative, explores the relation of ethical experience to politics.More

  2. Book CoverThe Faith of the Faithless: Experiments in Political Theology


    Investigation into the dangerous interdependence of politics and religion.More

  3. Book CoverHow to Read Beauvoir


    “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”—Simone de BeauvoirMore

  4. Book CoverHow to Read Darwin


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  5. Book CoverHow to Read Derrida


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  6. Book CoverHow to Read Foucault


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  7. Book CoverHow to Read Freud


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  8. Book CoverHow to Read Heidegger


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  9. Book CoverHow to Read Hitler


    Intent upon letting the reader discover the central concepts of important thinkers, the How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to our world today.More

  10. Book CoverHow to Read Jung


    “The world today hangs by a thin thread, and that thread is the psyche of man.”—Carl Gustav JungMore

  11. Book CoverHow to Read Kierkegaard


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  12. Book CoverHow to Read Lacan


    “The only thing of which one can be guilty of is having given ground relative to one’s desire.”—Jacques LacanMore

  13. Book CoverHow to Read Marx


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  14. Book CoverHow to Read Nietzsche


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  15. Book CoverHow to Read Sade


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  16. Book CoverHow to Read Sartre


    “I can want only the freedom of others.”—Jean–Paul SartreMore

  17. Book CoverHow to Read Shakespeare


    Intent upon letting the reader experience the pleasure and intellectual stimulation in reading these classic authors, the How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon.More

  18. Book CoverHow to Read the Bible


    “Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?”—The Book of JobMore

  19. Book CoverHow to Read the Egyptian Book of the Dead


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  20. Book CoverHow to Read the Qur'an


    How to Read is a personal master class that brings you face-to-face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging texts in history.More

  21. Book CoverHow to Read Wittgenstein


    Intent upon letting the reader experience the pleasure and intellectual stimulation in reading these classic authors, the How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon.More

  22. Book CoverInfinitely Demanding: Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance


    A new political ethics that confronts the injustices of liberal democracy.More

  23. Book CoverRadical Thinkers Set 4


    “Verso’s beautifully designed Radical Thinkers series, which brings together seminal works by leading left-wing intellectuals, is a sophisticated blend of theory and thought.”—Ziauddin Sardar, New StatesmenMore

  24. Book CoverRadical Thinkers Set 7 (12-book shrinkwrapped set)


    The seventh set of the renowned philosophy series: beautiful covers, bargain price, classic theory.More