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Faith Of The Faithless: Experiments In Political Theology (2014)

by Simon Critchley(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1306918251 (ISBN13: 9781306918251)

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English

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Nonfiction

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review 1: Great resource for thinking about the intersections between politics, faith and violence. See myself returning to it soon for a second reading after the first impression of Critchley's argument sinks in. Finally, Critchley really is one of the best close readers of text around. Particularly liked his treatment of Rousseau - fresh thoughts on a subject like social contract theory are always good! In all, It's really a deeply hopeful and inspiring book and the are moments where his argument fully develops and blossoms in your mind with breathtaking clarity - while this only becomes apparent sporadically throughout, it happens often enough to merit a full recommendation.
review 2: First third of book addresses the theme of "faith" directly. This faith is not attac... morehed to a metaphysical God but to a civil religion.. to politics. Critchley recasts "modernization" from a process resulting in an increasingly secular society to one in which the sacred remains central but is redefined. Oscar Wilde, Rousseau, and St. Paul feature in this argument. I was completely lost in much of it. I expected an easier go of it , and perhaps the false start through me off. Critchley writes very accessible philosophy in a book called "Continental Philosophy" part of the Oxford Very Short Introduction series. And even more clearly in his NYTimes blog called "The Stone." There is also a very popular discussion with Critchley and Philip Seymour Hoffman that was taped sometime in the months leading to PSH death. They talk art, theater, creativity. Really underlines what a loss his death is. less

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