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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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An Interview with Simon Critchley by Alistair Welchman. (2015). Politics of Religion/Religions of Politics. In: Welchman, A. (eds) Politics of Religion/Religions of Politics. Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9448-0_11
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