Spinoza, the Epicurean : Authority and Utility in Materialism
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Spinoza Studies
ISBN-10
1474476058
ISBN-13
9781474476058
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 9th, 2022
Print length
368 Pages
Weight
556 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 15.50 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
PhilosophyWestern philosophy: Ancient, to c 500Philosophy: metaphysics & ontologyEthics & moral philosophySocial & political philosophyHistory of ideasHistory of ideasPhilosophyAncient Greek and Roman philosophyPhilosophy: metaphysics and ontologyEthics and moral philosophySocial and political philosophy
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By radically re-reading the 'Theological Political Treatise', Dimitris Vardoulakis argues that Spinoza's Epicurean influence has profound implications for his conception of politics and ontology. This reconsideration of Spinoza's political project, set within a historical context, lays the ground for an alternative genealogy of materialism.
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.
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