Spinoza's authority / edited by A. Kiarina Kordela and Dimitris Vardoulakis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kordela, Aglaia Kiarina, 1963- editor.

Vardoulakis, Dimitris, editor.

Rev. C. P. Krauth Fund.

Series:

Bloomsbury studies in continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677--Political and social views.

Spinoza, Benedictus de.

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Ethica.

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Tractatus politicus.

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Tractatus theologico-politicus.

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.

Authority.

Power (Philosophy).

Resistance (Philosophy).

Government, Resistance to.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Political and social views.

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.

Summary:

Spinoza's political thought has been subject to a significant revival of interest in recent years. As a response to difficult times, students and scholars have returned to this founding figure of modern philosophy as a means to help reinterpret and rethink the political present. Spinoza's Authority Volume I: Resistance and Power in Ethics makes a significant contribution to this ongoing reception and utilization of Spinoza's political thought by focusing on his posthumously published Ethics. By taking the concept of authority as an original framework, this books asks: how is authority related to Spinoza's ethics, ontology, and epistemology? What are the social, historical and representational processes that produce authority and resistance? And what are the conditions of effective resistance? Spinoza's Authority features a roster of internationally established theorists of Spinoza's work, and covers key elements of Spinoza's political philosophy, including: questions of authority, the resistance to authority; sovereign power; democratic control; and the role of Spinoza's "multitudes". Book jacket.

Contents:

Volume I. Resistance and power in Ethics

Volume II. Resistance and power in the political treatises.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rev. C. P. Krauth Fund.

ISBN:

9781472593207

1472593200

9781350011069

1350011061

OCLC:

1019879901

Publisher Number:

99975450903