This is possible, though the human mind is part of the divine intellect, as i have shown in ii. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Economist frederic lordon biography, theories and books. Member of the international league of antiquarian booksellers. Frederic lordon s most popular book is willing slaves of capital. By god, i mean a being absolutely infinitethat is, a substance consisting in infinite attributes, of which each expresses eternal and infinite essentiality explanationi say absolutely infinite, not infinite after its kind. Written by the dutch philosopher baruch spinoza, the tractatus theologicopoliticus or theologicopolitical treatise was one of the most controversial texts of the early modern period. Although it was published posthumously in 1677, it is his most famous work, and is considered his magnum opus.
It is a strong collection of essays that are individually thoughtprovoking and collectively coherent, giving the widest possible overview of the interesting work being done on spinoza today. London constantinople paris edinburgh edinburgh london. Lordon persuasively and elegantly shows that the only way to break free is to hold onto a cold and exceptionless determinism. Spinoza beyond philosophy hardcover beth lord oxford. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. A book forged in hell spinozas scandalous treatise and.
Spinoza now is an important addition to a new strand of literature on philosopher baruch spinoza. Baruch spinoza has 178 books on goodreads with 118128 ratings. This book, which presents spinozas main ideas in dictionary form, has as its subject the opposition between ethics and morality, and the link between ethical and. The expression other critique may seem inappropriate insofar as in modern philosophy the idea of critique is primarily defined with reference to kant. Chronicon spinozanum tomus primus by unnown and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. With respect to the former, lordon is clear that the relationship between marx and spinoza is a profoundly anachronistic one. Spinozas scandalous treatise and the birth of the secular age, a book forged in hell, steven nadler, princeton university press. The best books on the philosophy of information five books. Books by frederic lordon author of willing slaves of capital. We kickoff our series of videos dedicated to spinozas philosophy with a short biography of the dutch philosopher. Benedict spinoza and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Reason papers 169 the cambridge companion spinoza, ed.
Buyse lex the word lex and its dutch synonym wet occur in all of spinozas works. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Theologicopolitical treatise part 4 all you can books. Substance, subject, and critical marxism 359 hegel or spinoza. I mean archaic in the colloquial sense here, since descartes, who kicked aroun. Political crises, uprisings and what we will generally call, following spinoza, seditions, appear then as a bifurcation in the dynamics of the collective affects. Spinoza, was one of the first in biblical criticism, and for his pains, was excommunicated. At a time when all workers are required to show passion for their. To see the presence of spinoza, louis althusser once quipped, one must at least have heard of him. Whereas studies of spinoza in english have emphasized the logic of the ethics, these essays instead focus on the marginal and developmental moments that have had such a profound effect on french thought. Marx and spinoza originally published as capitalisme, desir et servitude. At a time when all workers are required to show passion for their jobs, willing slaves of capital is a crucial reaffirmation of the importance of spinoza s philosophy for understanding contemporary forms of servitude. Complete digital edition, combining volumes i and ii, provides for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinozas writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the originallanguage texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosophers work.
In his beautifully written book the courtier and the heretic, matthew stewart examines the lives of two great philosophers. The concept of indignation in spinozist marxism historical. Lordon recently published willing slaves of capital. Ethics spinozapart 3 wikisource, the free online library. When his rabbi offered him a pension to stop writing and tow the line he replied, i thank you for the trouble you took teaching me hebrew and ill return the favor by teaching you excommunication a man much misunderstood in his time, though time the great healer has now rectified that. This encounter has several origins and multiple trajectories, its most recent wave begins with the works of alexandre matheron, gilles deleuze, and louis althusser, continuing into multiple waves, across different variants of marxism and spinozism.
The encounter of spinoza and marx is arguably one of the most productive encounters in contemporary philosophy. He finds it difficult to understand why people continue to not only support, but fight for a system which perpetuates their own exploitation. Theologicopolitical treatise part 1 all you can books. Marx et spinoza capitalism, desire and servitude, marx and spinoza written by frederic lordon and published.
We specialize in spinozana, christian hebraists, scholarly periodicals in the fields of judaica and biblestudies, german judaica, jewish. One of the most impressive virtues of lordon s book is how it draws a seamless connection between a quite abstract level of theory, spinoza s concept of desire as originating outside of the self heteronomy of desire, and the micropolitics of the workplace, where the desires of employees are aligned with the master desire of the employer, and more broadly, of capital itself. What are the basic constituents of reality, and how do other less basic things depend on them. The oxford professor of philosophy and the ethics of information says methods for discussing the ethics of information technology have been latent in philosophy from its origins. Money is only mentioned once in the ethics, where it is defined as the. Marx et spinoza continues the first of these trends while breaking with the second. Marx et spinoza, frederic lordon discusses questions raised by karl marx and applies spinozas ideas and philosophy to them in an attempt arrive at a solution. Uncorrected paperswallace matson 4 excellent essays on spinoza start there. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Spinozas theoretical philosophy is one of the most radical attempts to construct a pure ontology with a single infinite substance. Book seller, itioi pledge, pawn, security, mortgage ii uiiir mortgager, pledger. A thoroughly materialist reading of spinozas ethics allows lordon to debunk notions of individual autonomy and selfdetermination while simultaneously saving. It was a preemptive defense of spinozas later work, ethics, published posthumously. I havent read any spinoza, yet lordon explains him clearly enough that i didnt feel the lack.
The new spinoza articulates that presence, making the influence and significance of spinoza perfectly clear for a new generation of philosophy. Ethics spinozapart 1 wikisource, the free online library. The collected works of spinoza, volumes i and ii one. What should i read to learn about spinozas philososphy. Two books have been published in the series so far. Thomas pearson is a poet, artist, musician and architectural conservationist from the northeast of england, based in york. Dave mesing chantal jaquet, affects, actions, and passions in spinoza trans. It is a discussion and illustration of spinozas on the improvement of the understanding. Full text of masnagitakan baragrkoykner specialized vocabularies.
This short treatise holds the key to opening the complexities in. Frederic lordons book, willing slaves of capital spinoza and marx on desire1 belongs to an ongoing intellectual trend coined as spinozist. Spinoza is a philosopher who, in many ways, represents both the extremes of contemporary thought and of the fairly archaic thought of descartes and his predecessors. These philosophers explore spinozas most important themes in detail, opening up new possibilities for reading and interpreting spinoza. By doing so, by holding spinozas own books in his own hands and studying them, he hopes to learn about the man, and thus solve the spinoza problem.
Leonard cohen, the partisan spinoza is quoted approvingly for instance, by deleuze in his expressionism in philosophy. Vittorio morfino, the spinozamachiavelli encounter trans. In the event things got worse, and spinoza gave up the idea of publishing the ethics, believing that it would create such a cloud of hostility as to obscure, in the minds even of reasonable people, the real meaning of its arguments. The best books on the philosophy of information recommended by luciano floridi. As the title of the book indicates, he stresses the contrast between leibnizs career as a courtier and adviser to german princes and spinozas meager existence as a heretic jew in holland, rather. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read capitalisme, desir et servitude. A thoroughly materialist reading of spinozas ethics allows lordon to debunk all notions of individual autonomy and selfdetermination while simultaneously. Frederic lordon has 27 books on goodreads with 1462 ratings. Jean maximilien lucas, the oldest biography of spinoza. The essays collected in this volume suggest that what applies to althusser applies to his whole generation that spinoza is an unsuspected but very real presence in the work of contemporary philosophers from deleuze and lacan to foucault and derrida. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your first box.
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