In this talk, Critchley reflects on the hugely difficult question of the nature and plausibility of a politics of nonviolence. In particular, he focuses on how such a politics has to negotiate the limits of nonviolence and in what circumstances it might become necessary to transgress those limits.

Simon Critchley teaches philosophy at the New School for Social Research. His recent publications include How to Stop Living and Start Worrying and The Faith of the Faithless (forthcoming).

Part of the Why War? Seminar Series.