Balibar uses spinoza to provide an immanent account of the genesis of the state or society. Pubblicato da manifestolibri, collana le orme, data pubblicazione 1995, 9788872850732. Spinoza, by roger scruton spinoza a life, by steven nadler. Tractatus theologicopoliticus, tractatus politicus, and the ethics. In this contribution, balibar follows his seminal 1993 work applying the notion of the transindividual to spinozas work, to produce a broader history of thinking the transindividual that brings both karl marx and sigmund freud into relation with spinoza, devoting a. Practical philosophy by gilles deleuze, looking for spinoza.
Uncorrected paperswallace matson 4 excellent essays on spinoza start there. Balibar begins his book, therefore, by giving a very brief outline of the political debates and power struggles of the dutch republic at the time spinoza was writing. Yet the equality of rights that modernity proclaims does not preclude the possibility of segregation and exclusion. Both of these epithets say something, alas, about why badiou, sells better in america than balibar.
He has taught at the university of paris xnanterre, at the university of california irvine and is currently an anniversary chair professor at the centre for research in modern european philosophy crmep at kingston university and a visiting professor at the. Spinoza, il transindividuale etienne balibar ghibli 2002. I had only read bits of spinoza s ethics when i read this book, and the bits i had read. The new spinoza articulates that presence, making the influence and significance of spinoza perfectly clear for a new generation of philosophy.
She began her acting career on the stage, in don juan at the festival davignon. One example is the famous formula from the eighteenth brumaire. Balibar sets himself the task of elucidating the intersection, or unity, between spinoza s metaphysics and his political works. Part iv, where spinoza discusses the ethical question of a model exemplar of human nature. Dopo aver letto il libro spinoza, il transindividuale di etienne balibar ti invitiamo a lasciarci una recensione qui sotto. He is one of europes leading political philosophers. Spinoza is the only thinker to both espouse and explicate the existence and operation of the human mind. Balibar is a coeditor with john rajchman and anne boyman of french philosophy since 1945. He has since written on a wide variety of political topics, including racism, nationalism, immigration, war, democracy, and the european constitution. Warren montag is associate professor of english at occidental college. Baruch spinoza was a dutch philosopher of portuguese sephardi origin. Three of the most striking and important claims of spinozas ethics are that 1. Spinoza, the transindividual edinburgh university press. We are republishing our translation of his interview with relations about racism, nationalism and xenophobia in the.
He has taught at the university of paris xnanterre, at the university of california irvine and is currently an anniversary chair professor at the centre for research in modern european philosophy crmep at kingston university and a visiting professor at the department of french. One of the most influential french philosophers to have emerged from the 1960s, balibar brings a lifetime of study and expertise to create a brilliantly concise. Etienne balibar succinct and informative fredric jameson. The philosophers louis althusser, gilles deleuze, antonio negri and etienne balibar have each drawn upon spinozas philosophy. Spinoza and politics by etienne balibar, warren montag. 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. The living thoughts of spinoza, by arnold zweig on spinoza, by diane steinberg. Etienne balibar is anniversary chair of modern european philosophy at kingston university, london, and emeritus professor of philosophy at the university of paris x nanterre. Balibar believes that spinoza s political works are already a metaphysics an ontology of powers and their relations and his metaphysics are already a politics again. He is also one of the leading exponents of french marxist philosophy and the author of spinoza and politics, the philosophy of marx and coauthor of race, nation and class and reading capital.
A leading exponent of french radical philosophy, balibar is the author of spinoza and politics and coauthor of race, nation and class and reading capital. In this long interview, the philosopher balibar explores. Balibar sets himself the task of elucidating the intersection, or unity, between spinozas metaphysics and his. Le transindividuel hors collection balibar, etienne isbn. Spinoza, il transindividuale etienne balibar libro. And you, monsieur, balibar replied, are a theologian. Etienne balibar is a french marxist philosopher and the most celebrated student of louis althusser. Spinozas magnum opus, the ethics, was published posthumously in the year of his death. Providing a lucid and accessible introduction to marx, complete with pedagogical boxes, a chronology and guides to further reading, etienne balibar makes the most difficult areas of his philosophy easy to understand. Il pensiero politico di spinoza di etienne balibar. Spinozas three gods and the modes of communication balibar. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. The philosophy of marx by etienne balibar, paperback.
Etienne balibar spinoza and politics free download as pdf file. Spinozas political philosophy stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Balibar concludes his book with an essay on politics and communication. Explore books by etienne balibar with our selection at. Etienne balibar is probably best known for his coauthorship with althusser of the influential book, reading capital in the late 1960s. With hobbes and locke, spinoza is arguably one of the most important political philosophers of the modern era, a premier theoretician of democracy and mass politics. The spinoza problem, by irvin yalom the washington post.
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