New Perspectives on Spinoza's Theologico-Political Treatise
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
9781399539272 (ISBN)
Published surreptitiously in 1670, Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Treatise transformed early modern Europe, destabilising widely-held ideas about authority, prophecy and biblical scripture, while arguing for democracy, free speech and religious toleration. Dismissed by one contemporary as a book ‘forged in hell by the Devil himself’, and suppressed soon after publication, the Theologico-Political Treatise had a tremendous influence from the Enlightenment, to German Idealism, to late-20th century Marxism. Today, a growing interest in Spinoza’s political theory is connected to a longing for a counter-narrative to the Western tradition of philosophy and political thought, for which Spinoza is becoming a major point of reference.
This collection brings together expert and early career perspectives on Spinoza’s politics of freedom, democracy, critique of religion and authority, the imagination, equality and violence. While providing valuable contextual material on the Theologico-Political Treatise on its 350th anniversary, the collection brings Spinoza’s politics into debate with contemporary political theory.
Dan Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in Social and Political Thought at the Open University. He specialises in political theory and British politics. He’s the author of three books including Spinoza and the Politics of Freedom (Edinburgh University Press, 2021), and Island Story: Journeys Through Unfamiliar Britain (shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2017). In 2023 he was awarded the title BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker. Marie Wuth is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Practical Philosophy at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Her research focuses on the relation of nature and politics, questions of agency and identity, as well as the power of affects and imagination. Her most recent publications include the co-edited volume Decolonising Political Concepts (2023) and “Hate. Imaginary Roots and Fatal Dynamics of a Complex Relations” (2022).
Notes on Contributors
Prologue
Preface
Susan James
Introduction: Pestilence
Dan Taylor and Marie Wuth
Abbreviations
Part I. Politics
1. Truth, Obedience and Freedom. Some Considerations on Spinoza’s Concept of Politics and its Relation with Philosophy
María Jimena Solé
2. Hobbes and Spinoza on natural equality and political equilibrium
Beth Lord
3. What would the Practice of the Universal Faith in Democracy Look Like?
Ki-Myoung Kim
Part II. Power
4. God or Natura naturata? Spinoza on the Identity Between God and Nature
Antonio Salgado Borge
5. Kissing the Ring: Power, Ingenium and Disposition
Dan Taylor
6. Violence, Speech, and Deception in Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Treatise
Hasana Sharp
7. Towards Spinoza’s Critique of Violence: On Sovereign Interruption and the Bodily Limits of Political Violence
Nicolas Lema Habash
Part III. Imagination
8. Recognition-Rebellion-Freedom – Emergent Identities and Political Change in Spinoza
Steph Marston
9. Daily Invectives: The State of Bitter Hate
Marie Wuth
10. Imagination, Authority, and Admiratio in Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Thought
Gil Morejón
11. Spinoza’s True Prophecies: Justified Good Belief
Emanuele Costa
Epilogue
Roundtable on Democracy, Public Reasoning and the Education of the Imagination
Mogens Lærke, Martin Saar and Dan Taylor
Works Cited
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.02.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Spinoza Studies |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781399539272 / 9781399539272 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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