| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 347 pages) |
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Spinoza studies |
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Spinoza studies.
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| Contents |
Preamble -- Introduction : why is Spinoza an Epicurean? -- Freedom as overcoming the fear of death : the dialectic of authority and utility in the preface -- The power of error : Moses, the prophets and the people -- Philonomianism : law and origin of finitude -- Political monism : the primacy of utility over authority -- Love your friend as yourself : the neighbor and the politics of biblical hermeneutics -- The freedom to philosophise : the two paths to virtue -- Fear and power : natural right and authorisation in Spinoza and Hobbes -- Theocracy : on the state of authority -- The authority to abrogate : the two paths to virtue and the internal enemy -- Conclusion : the limitation of Spinoza's Epicureanism |
| Summary |
"Through a radical new reading of the Theological Political Treatise, Dimitris Vardoulakis argues that the major source of Spinoza's materialism is the Epicurean tradition that re-emerges in modernity when manuscripts by Epicurus and Lucretius are rediscovered. This reconsideration of Spinoza's political project, set within a historical context, lays the ground for an alternative genealogy of materialism. Central to this new reading of Spinoza are the theory of practical judgment (understood as the calculation of utility) and its implications for a theory of democracy that is resolutely positioned against authority"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Dimitris Vardoulakis is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Sydney, Australia |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.
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| SUBJECT |
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677 fast |
| Subject |
Materialism -- History
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
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Materialism
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781474476072 |
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1474476074 |
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9781474476065 |
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1474476066 |
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