Politics of religion/religions of politics

Alistair Welchman

Simon Critchley

pp. 171-187

in: Alistair Welchman (ed), Politics of religion/religions of politics, Berlin, Springer, 2015

Abstract

This interview of Simon Critchley was conducted by Alistair Welchman and ranges over the following topics: Saint Paul (and the recent readings of him by Critchley himself, Jacob Taubes, Giorgio Agamben and Alain Badiou); Alain Badiou and the notion of the "absolutely new;" Gnosticism (Marcion); Occupy Wall Street; science fiction; nihilism; Hamlet and tragedy; faith; the "demand" and Europe.

Cited authors

Agamben Giorgio

Badiou Alain

Critchley Simon

Welchman Alistair