Spinoza : then and now / Antonio Negri ; translated by Ed Emery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Negri, Antonio, 1933-2023, author.

Contributor:

Emery, Ed, translator.

Series:

Essays ; volume 3.

Essays ; volume 3

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.

Spinoza, Benedictus de.

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

Power (Philosophy).

Political and social views.

Physical Description:

xiii, 243 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

English edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2020]

Summary:

"This third and final volume of the series of writings by Antonio Negri examines how Spinoza's thought constitutes a radical break with past ideas and an essential tool for envisaging a form of politics beyond capitalism. Negri shows how Spinoza's ideas have facilitated radical renewal from their beginnings to the present day. It was the democratic freedoms and spirit of solidarity fostered in The Netherlands of the 17th century that allowed Spinoza to develop a radically new form of thought, redefining notions of the state and outlining a republican alternative to absolutist monarchy. In our own era, Negri argues that the rediscovery of Spinoza was critical in reinvigorating political theory. Instead of acquiescing to the economic order of capitalism and abandoning the class struggle, Spinoza's ideas enable us to reconstruct a revolutionary perspective. His treatment of concepts such as multitude, necessity, and liberty have given us new ways of looking critically at our present, revealing that power must always be seen as a question of antagonism and class struggle. The writings that make up this volume - some written from prison as Negri fought for his own freedom - provide an important account of the enduring relevance of Spinoza's thought. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of philosophy and political theory, as well anyone interested in radical politics today."-- Back cover.

Contents:

Starting from Masaniello ... Deleuze/Spinoza: a political becoming

Spinoza/Deleuze: the good moment

Joyous Spinozists

Spinoza: an other power for action

Concerning multitude

Reflections on the immaterial (Spinoza, Marx ... and today)

Spinoza, necessity and freedom: some interpretational alternatives

Justice: Spinoza and others

A small note on fear in Spinoza

Hatred, as a passion

Politics of immanence, politics of transcendence

Preface to Hegel

Rereading Hegel, the philosopher of right

Problems of the historiography of the modern state: France: 1610-1650

Notes for the same

Considerations on Macpherson

Reflections on Grossmann and Borkenau

Notes on the history of politics in Tronti.

Notes:

Translated from the Italian.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [228]-243).

Other Format:

Online version: Negri, Antonio, 1933- Essays. Selections. English Spinoza.

ISBN:

9781509503506

1509503501

9781509503513

150950351X

OCLC:

1107848942