Collective Imaginings: Spinoza, Past and Present

ISBN-13: 9780415165709 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 178 str.

Moira Gatens; Genevieve Lloyd

Opis

Why would the work of the 17th century philosopher Benedict de Spinoza concern us today? How can Spinoza shed any light on contemporary thought? In this book, Moira Gatens and Genevieve Lloyd show us that in spite of, or rather because of, Spinoza's apparent strangeness, his philosophy can be a rich resource for cultural self-understanding in the present. The text draws on re-assessments of the philosophy of Spinoza to develop new ways of conceptualizing issues of freedom and difference. We can apply these newly contextualized theories to contemporary issues such as environmental debates, issues of feminism, our conception of democracy, and the idea of the individual and the community.

Recenzje

`The writing syle is clear, and the author demonstrate a willingness and ability to tackle Spinoza on his own terms while at the same time being able to bring him up to date so that he can speak to our contemporary conerns'

'Collective Imaginings ... opens wide the doors to a new, promising approach to work on Spinoza so that further studies on Spinoza's notions of individuation, political theory, and imagination will not be able to ignore this work.' - Australian Journal of Philosophy

Spis treści

Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Introduction, PART I: Imagination, freedom and responsibility, 1 Spinoza’s imagination, 2 Spinoza’s freedom, 3. Re-imagining responsibility, PART II: Communities, difference and the present past, 4. Theology, politics and norms, 5. Freedom, authority and difference, 6. Responsibility and the past, Notes, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Gatens, Moira; Lloyd, Genevieve