Why Heidegger Matters
2013
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A series of short introductory articles exploring the central ideas of Martin Heidegger and their continuing relevance. Originally published in The Guardian.
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Simon Critchley
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Simon Critchley (born 27 February 1960 in Hertfordshire) is an English philosopher currently teaching at The New School. He works in continental philosophy. Critchley argues that philosophy commences in disappointment, either religious or political. These two axes may be said largely to inform his published work: religious disappointment raises the question of meaning and has to, as he sees it, deal with the problem of nihilism; political disappointment provokes the question of justice and raises the need for a coherent ethics [...]
