“Critchley is Žižek” : in defence of critical political philosophy

Sharpe, Matthew 2009, “Critchley is Žižek” : in defence of critical political philosophy, Critical horizons, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 180-196.

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Title	“Critchley is Žižek” : in defence of critical political philosophy
Author(s)	Sharpe, Matthew
Journal name	Critical horizons
Volume number	10
Issue number	2
Start page	180
End page	196
Total pages	16
Publisher	Equinox Publishing Ltd.
Place of publication	Sheffield, U. K.
Publication date	2009
ISSN	1440-9917 1568-5160
Summary	In an ironically Žižekian manner, this paper argues that Simon Critchley and Slavoj Žižek's apparent political disagreement (ludic reformist versus strident revolutionary) conceal a common set of preconditions and presuppositions. These presuppositions can be summed by the slogan “the forgetting of political philosophy”, which more specifically means the forgetting of the difference between philosophy and political life, and the reflective need to find mediations between the two. Critchley's turn to humour honours the notion that politics is about the realm of appearances, while Žižek's frank avowal of the “diabolical evil” of the subject of the death drive makes patently clear the dangers posed by a “politics of Truth”.
Language	eng
Field of Research	220319 Social Philosophy
Socio Economic Objective	970122 Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies
HERDC Research category	C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice	©2009, Acumen Publishing Ltd.
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30020080

Document type:	Journal Article
Collection:	Faculty of Arts and Education

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