What We Think About When We Think About Football by Simon Critchley

What We Think About When We Think About Football by Simon Critchley

A philosopher's take on what makes the beautiful game.

A quick and agile book: a kind of metaphysic of the football match, done by the Messi of modern philosophy -- Shahidha Bari * Times Higher Education *
Simon Critchley is a figure of quite startling brilliance, and I can never guess what he'll do next, only that it is sure to sustain and nourish my appetite for his voice-- Jonathan Lethem
Simon Critchley beguiles as he illuminates. -- David Mitchell
A beautiful book about the beautiful game ... the World Cup is coming - fans should start reading. -- John Kaag, author of American Philosophy: A Love Story

Simon Critchley has published books on a wide expanse of ethical and philosophical subjects, including the bestselling The Book of Dead Philosophers, his cult novel Memory Theatre and his memoir-analysis of David Bowie - On Bowie (for Serpents Tail). He is Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York, and series moderator of 'The Stone', a philosophy column in The New York Times. He comes from a Liverpool family and watches his team, devotedly, each weekend, 3306 miles away from Anfield.

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ISBN 13	9781781259221
ISBN 10	1781259224
Title	What We Think About When We Think About Football
Author	Simon Critchley
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Profile Books Ltd
Year published	2018-05-03
Number of pages	208
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