The Spinoza-Machiavelli Encounter: Time and Occasion

ISBN-13: 9781474421249 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 256 str.

Vittorio Morfino; Etienne Balibar; Dave Mesing

Opis

Vittorio Morfino draws out the implications of the dynamic Spinoza Machiavelli encounter by focusing on the concepts of causality, temporality and politics. This allows him to think through the relationship between ontology and politics, leading to an understanding of history as a complex and plural interweaving of different rhythms.

Spis treści

Abbreviations; Translator's Introduction: Unscripted Space, Devoured Time; Translator's Note and Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Machiavelli in Spinoza's Library and Texts; 2. Machiavelli's Implicit Presence in Spinoza's Texts; 3. Causality and Temporality Between Machiavelli and Spinoza; 4. Machiavelli and Spinoza: Theory of the Individual as Antiphilosophy of History; Conclusion.