An online guide to the life and work of Simon Critchley
There is an ancient Ciceronian wisdom that says to philosophize is to learn how to die, but learning how to die also tells us something about philosophizing.
Simon Critchley, Very Little... Almost Nothing
Literature
Simon Critchley: Beckett, Literature, Philosophy 22 November 2009An interview with the British philosopher
Simon Critchley: Do It, England (The Hamlet Doctrine, Part I) 30 November 2011
A free public lecture available online
Simon Critchley on Krapp's Last Tape 03 September 2009
British philosopher shares his thoughts on the Samuel Beckett play
Simon Critchley on Samuel Beckett 11 June 2009
An interview with Mark Thwaite of Ready Steady Book
Fulcrum: Samuel Beckett as Poet 22 May 2009
Includes an essay by Critchley on Beckett's Film
Travels in Nihilon: Critchley on Beckett and Adorno 17 March 2009
Simon Critchley reflects on the work of Samuel Beckett and Theodor Adorno
Philosophy
Continental Philosophy 12 March 2009A reflection on the continuing relevance of European thought
Simon Critchley's How to Read Series 14 September 2011
Monographs on philosophy, theory, politics and religion
Simon Critchley on Critical Theory 10 June 2011
On the role of contemporary critical theory
Simon Critchley on the Pursuit of Happiness 09 June 2009
Critchley writes for the New York Times
Simon Critchley on Martin Heidegger's Being and Time 27 July 2009
A selection of eight short essays, published on The Guardian website
Heidegger on Death 14 July 2009
One of several short essays by Critchley on Heidegger's Being and Time
Simon Critchley reflects on Punk and Nihilism 26 May 2009
An interview with 3:AM Magazine
Martin Heidegger on Anxiety 06 July 2009
One of several short essays by Critchley on Heidegger's Being and Time
Critchley: Heidegger and Conscience 20 July 2009
One of several short essays by Critchley on Heidegger's Being and Time
Critchley: 'What is a philosopher?' 20 May 2010
Simon Critchley launches a new philosophy column in the New York Times
The Big Think Interviews Simon Critchley 26 February 2010
A selection of clips on a variety of topics
Heidegger and the Nazism Debate 08 February 2010
An ongoing and contentious issue in the academic community
Human, All Too Human: BBC's Martin Heidegger Documentary 20 March 2009
Critchley among those interviewed for the programme
How to Stop Living and Start Worrying 15 September 2010
Review of a new series of interviews about Critchley's life and work
Simon Critchley Interview: The Faith of the Faithless 07 March 2012
Why a counterfactual faith is so important to modern politics
Academic Conferences
Simon Critchley on Shakespeare and Theory 24 October 2011Tilburg Philosophy Summer School · July 2012
Simon Critchley/Tom McCarthy Panels 4 September 2011
University of Louisville, Literature and Culture Since 1900
Samuel Beckett: Out of the Archive: York 2011 12 August 2010
Simon Critchley to appear as an academic keynote speaker
Simon Critchley Workshop: Texas, 2010 15 December 2009
A series of seminars and discussions on Critchley's work
Mapping the Lost Highway: David Lynch Conference 2009 11 September 2009
Simon Critchley to appear as a speaker
Simon Critchley: Style in Theory 30 October 2011
Malta Conference, November 2009
Film and Television
Simon Critchley Interviewed on Swedish Television 08 July 2009A series of interviews on philosophical topics
Simon Critchley on Samuel Beckett's Film 24 February 2009
British philosopher discusses Samuel Beckett's only motion picture
Critchley on Nature in Terrence Malick 23 February 2010
Extract from an article published in Film-Philosophy
