Spinoza, the Epicurean: Authority and Utility in Materialism and Spinoza's Authority Volume I: Resistance and Power in Ethics

Spinoza's Authority Volume I: Resistance and Power in Ethics

Spinoza, the Epicurean: Authority and Utility in Materialism

Name: Spinoza, the Epicurean: Authority and Utility in Materialism
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Author: Dimitris Vardoulakis
ISBN: 9781474476041

by Dimitris Vardoulakis

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Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
15.5 x 23.7 x 2.3 cm

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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.

Author
Dimitris Vardoulakis
Book Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Published
July 2020
Weight
659g
Dimensions
15.5 x 23.7 x 2.3 cm
ISBN
9781474476041
ISBN-10
147447604X
Eden Code
5295250

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