Spinoza Beyond Philosophy

Beth Lord

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2012

Spinoza Beyond Philosophy

Beth Lord

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748644810

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About this book

These 10 engaging and original essays argue that Spinoza is the interdisciplinary thinker for our times

This book brings Spinoza outside the realm of academic philosophy, and presents him as a thinker who is relevant to contemporary problems and questions across a variety of disciplines.

Discover how Spinoza's theory of bodies transforms our understanding of music, and how it grounds 'collective subjectivity' in contemporary politics. Learn how Spinoza's idea of freedom was instrumental to the Haitian revolution of 1791, and how it inspired Samuel Taylor Coleridge's prose and George Eliot's novels. Find out how early modern physics, contemporary architecture, and ecological activism can be rethought through Spinoza's theory of affectivity.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Introduction Beth Lord Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. ‘Subjectivity Without the Subject’: Thinking Beyond the Subject with / through Spinoza Caroline Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. Spinoza’s Non-Humanist Humanism Michael Mack Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
3. The Ethical Relation of Bodies: Thinking with Spinoza Towards an Affective Ecology Anthony Paul Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
4. Spinoza’s Architectural Passages and Geometric Comportments Peg Rawes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
5. The Secret History of Musical Spinozism Amy Cimini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Interlude LANCE BREWER, ‘SHADOWS’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
6. Thinking the Future: Spinoza’s Political Ontology Today Mateusz Janik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
7. Spinoza’s Empty Law: The Possibility of Political Theology Dimitris Vardoulakis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
8. Which Radical Enlightenment? Spinoza, Jacobinism and Black Jacobinism Nick Nesbitt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
9. George Eliot, Spinoza and the Ethics of Literature Simon Calder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
10. Coleridge’s Ecumenical Spinoza Nicholas Halmi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Other: 5 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Philosophy

eBook

Published: June 20, 2012
ISBN: 9780748644810