A review by paulataua
Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us by Simon Critchley

3.0

I really respect Simon Critchley. I appreciate his work in the area of the philosophies of Heidegger and Levinas. I expected a lot and was excited by a glimpse of some central claim here about the possibility of a different approach to philosophy that reflects the moral ambiguity of tragedy. Sadly, I felt it never really delved deep enough into that possibility and the whole book remained a rambling introduction that covered a lot of area but did so only superficially.