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Politics of religion/religions of politics

Alistair Welchman Simon Critchley(New School for Social Research)

pp. 171-187

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.

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Welchman Alistair (2015) Politics of religion/religions of politics. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 171-187

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9448-0_11

Full citation:

Welchman Alistair, Critchley Simon (2015) „Politics of religion/religions of politics“, In: A. Welchman (ed.), Politics of religion/religions of politics, Dordrecht, Springer, 171–187.