Speaking to the people: Critchley, Rousseau and the deficit In practical rationality

Philip A. Quadrio

Speaking to the people: Critchley, Rousseau and the deficit In practical rationality

Philip A. Quadrio

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Abstract

This article considers Critchley's Infinitely Demanding and his essay "The Catechism of the Citizen" in relation to the theory-practice debate and the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It considers what these texts say about the relation between politics and religion on one hand and reason and sensuousness on the other. The focus is the way the latter text takes up a quasi-religious response to the motivational deficit in secular liberal democratic life thematized in Infinitely Demanding.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	209-224
Number of pages	16
Journal	Critical Horizons
Volume	10
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Motivation
Practice
Religion
Rousseau
Sensuousness
Theory

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Speaking to the people: Critchley, Rousseau and the deficit In practical rationality

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