Critchley, Simon

Critchley, Simon 2

Simon Critchley
PhD, Philosophy, University of Essex, 1988;
MPhil, University of Nice, 1987;
BA, University of Essex, 1985
Professor of Philosophy

Profile:
As a philosopher, I am interested in everything. But I have particular in modern Continental philosophy. But I have written on a wide variety of themes and authors, most recently on ethical and political theory, the relation between philosophy and poetry, the nature of humour. At present, I am working on Rousseau, Heidegger, Ibsen, Beckett, Pessoa and Levinas.
Courses Taught:
  • Philosophy and Tragedy
  • Theories of the Political
  • Heidegger’s Being and Time
  • Rousseau on Politics and Life
Recent Publications:
  • Continental Philosophy. A very short introduction, Oxford UP, 2001.
  • On Humour, Routledge, 2002.
  • Very Little…Almost Nothing, Routledge, 2004.
  • Things Merely Arephilosophy in the poetry of Wallace Stevens, Routledge, 2005.
  • Infinitely Demaning – A Political Ethics, Verso, 2007.
Office Location:
The New School for Social Research
Philosophy Department
65 5th Ave, Room 245
New York, NY  10011
Phone Number/Extension:
212-229-5707 x3075

Email:
CritchlS@newschool.edu

Research Interests:
Continental philosophy; philosophy and literature; ethics and politics; psychoanalysis.
Awards and Honors:
I am editor of numerous book series, most recently How to Read (Norton) and I have been visiting professor recently at Notre Dame, Sydney University, Cardozo Law School and the University of Oslo.


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