Simon Critchley is the Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. He also teaches at Tilburg University and the European Graduate School. His many books include Very Little … Almost Nothing; Infinitely Demanding; The Faith of the Faithless; and The Book of Dead Philosophers (which made the New York Times bestseller list). He is series moderator of ‘The Stone’, a philosophy column in the New York Times, to which he is a frequent contributor.

Powerful and provocative, explores the relation of ethical experience to politics.