Given the question: What key details about simon critchley can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: simon critchley -lrb- born 27 february 1960 -rrb- is an english philosopher currently teaching at the new school , who writes primarily on the history of philosophy , political theory , religion , ethics , and aesthetics , especially literature and theatre . he argues that philosophy commences in disappointment , either religious or political . these two axes may be said to inform his published work : religious disappointment raises the question of meaning and has to , as he sees it , deal with the problem of nihilism ; political disappointment provokes the question of justice and raises the need for a coherent ethics .
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- influences is plato , kierkegaard , nietzsche , husserl , heidegger , levinas , , lacan , derrida , laclau , nancy , badiou aristotle , rousseau , kant , hegel- region is western philosophy- school tradition is continental philosophy- birth date is 27 february 1960- main interests is politics , ethics , post-religion , aesthetics- name is simon critchley- image is critchley-january-2012 . jpg- era is 21st-century philosophy- birth place is hertfordshire , england