Bald : 35 philosophical short cuts / Simon Critchley ; essays edited by Peter Catapano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Critchley, Simon, 1960- author.

Contributor:

Catapano, Peter, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--Popular works.

Philosophy.

Genre:

Popular works.

Physical Description:

xiv, 243 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]

Summary:

The moderator of the New York Times' Stone column and the author of numerous books on everything from Greek tragedy to David Bowie, Simon Critchley has been a strong voice in popular philosophy for more than a decade. This volume brings together thirty-five essays, originally published in the Times, on a wide range of topics, from the dimensions of Plato's academy and the mysteries of Eleusis to Philip K. Dick, Mormonism, money, and the joy and pain of Liverpool Football Club fans. In an engaging and jargon-free style, Critchley writes with honesty about the state of world as he offers philosophically informed, and insightful considerations of happiness, violence, and faith. Stripped of inaccessible academic armatures, these short pieces bring philosophy out of the ivory tower and demonstrate an exciting new way to think in public.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Happiness?

One. Happy Like God

Two. Beyond the Sea

Three. How to Make It in the Afterlife

Four. The Gospel According to Me

Five. Abandon (Nearly) All Hope

I. Believe

Six. Why I Love Mormonism

Seven. The Freedom of Faith

A Christmas Sermon

Eight. The Rigor of Love

Nine. Coin of Praise

Ten. Soccer Fandom as a Model for Living

What Are Philosophers For?

Eleven. What Is a Philosopher?

Twelve. When Socrates Met Phaedrus: Eros in Philosophy

Thirteen. Cynicism We Can Believe In

Fourteen. To Weld, Perchance to Dream

Fifteen. Brexistentialism

The Tragedy of Violence

Sixteen. Euro Blind

Seventeen. Let Be

An Answer to Hamlet's Question

Eighteen. The Cycle of Revenge

Nineteen. Theater of Violence

Athens in Pieces

Twenty. The Art of Memory

Twenty-One. The Stench of the Academy

Twenty-Two. In Aristotle's Garden

Twenty-Three. The Tragedy of Democracy

Twenty-Four. What Really Happened at Eleusis?

Twenty-Five. We Know Socrates's Fate. What's Ours?

Twenty-Six. The Happiest Man I Ever Met

Twenty-Seven. An Offering to the Soccer Gods

Others

Twenty-Eight. There Is No Theory of Everything

Twenty-Nine. The Dangers of Certainty: A Lesson from Auschwitz

Thirty. Nothing Remains: David Bowie's Vision of Love

Thirty-One. PBS

Philip K. Dick, Garage Philosopher

Thirty-Two. Meditations on a Radiant Fish

Thirty-Three. Future Gnostic

Thirty-Four. Adventures in the Dream Factory

Covid Coda

Thirty-Five. Our Fear, Our Trembling, Our Strength.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0300255969

9780300255966

OCLC:

1184240081