“Religion is the basis and Foundation of Government.” That’s something James Madison wrote, in 1785. Except he didn’t really write it—or, rather, he did write those words, but with a bunch of other ...

As Thomas Hobbes lay dying, he invited his friends to come up with possible epitaphs for his tombstone. His favorite was, "This is the true philosopher's stone." That's the theme of Simon Critchley's ...

Each of the Abrahamic faiths — Judaism, Christianity and Islam — has a mystical path. Jews call their tradition Kabbalah. Muslims have Sufism. And Christians have, well, the mystics. (Though until ...

The New School presents Bowie: A Tribute with Simon Critchley and Special Guests on Friday, February 12. The tribute in "sound + vision" to the late musician and artist David Bowie (1947-2016) will be ...

For a glimpse of Memory Theater in microcosm, it wouldn't hurt to flip first to the book's back pages. There, you'll find "a partial glossary of potential obscurities" — where the names of Italian ...

Simon Critchley defines who he is and what he thinks by the books he writes. As a writer who prefers to publish with commercial rather than academic presses, he sees his work as both serving the ...