{"product_id":"spinoza-now-paperback-softback-9780816672813","title":"Spinoza Now (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816672813","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSpinoza Now\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDimitris Vardoulakis (Edited by), Christopher Norris (Contributions by), Alain Badiou (Contributions by), Simon Duffy (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816672813\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.526 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWhat does it mean to think about, and with, Spinoza today? This collection, the first broadly interdisciplinary volume dealing with Spinozan thought, asserts the importance of Spinoza’s philosophy of immanence for contemporary cultural and philosophical debates. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eEngaging with Spinoza’s insistence on the centrality of the passions as the site of the creative and productive forces shaping society, this collection critiques the impulse to transcendence and regimes of mastery, exposing universal values as illusory. \u003ci\u003eSpinoza Now\u003c\/i\u003e pursues Spinoza’s challenge to abandon the temptation to think through the prism of death in order to arrive at a truly liberatory notion of freedom. In this bold endeavor, the essays gathered here extend the Spinozan project beyond the disciplinary boundaries of philosophy to encompass all forms of life-affirming activity, including the arts and literature. The essays, taken together, suggest that “Spinoza now” is not so much a statement about a “truth” that Spinoza’s writings can reveal to us in our present situation. It is, rather, the injunction to adhere to the attitude that affirms both necessity and impossibility. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eContributors: Alain Badou, \u0026amp;Eacute;cole Normale SupÉrieure; Mieke Bal, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis; Cesare Casarino, U of Minnesota; Justin Clemens, U of Melbourne; Simon Duffy, U of Sydney; Sebastian Egenhofer, U of Basel; Alexander GarcÍa DÜttmann, Goldsmiths, U of London; Arthur Jacobson, Yeshiva U; A. Kiarina Kordela, Macalester College; Michael Mack, U of Nottingham; Warren Montag, Occidental College; Antonio Negri; Christopher Norris, U of Cardiff, Wales; Anthony Uhlmann, U of Western Sydney.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eNote on References to the Ethics\u003cbr\u003e Editor's Note\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Spinoza Now, Dimitris Vardoulakis\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Strategies for Reading Spinoza\u003cbr\u003e 1. Spinoza and the Conflict of Interpretations, Christopher Norris\u003cbr\u003e 2. What Is a Proof in Spinoza's Ethics?, Alain Badiou\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Joyful Passions in Spinoza's Theory of Relations, Simon Duffy\u003cbr\u003e 4. Spinoza's Ass, Justin Clemens\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Politics, Theology, and Interpretation\u003cbr\u003e 5. Toward an Inclusive Universalism: Spinoza's Ethics of Sustainability, Michael Mack\u003cbr\u003e 6. Prophecy without Prophets: Spinoza and Maimonides on Law and the Democracy of Knowledge, Arthur J. Jacobson\u003cbr\u003e 7. Interjecting Empty Spaces: Imagination and Interpretation in Spinoza's \u003ci\u003eTractatus Theologico-Politicus\u003c\/i\u003e, Warren Montag\u003cbr\u003e 8. Marx before Spinoza: Notes toward an Investigation, Cesare Casarino\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Spinoza and the Arts\u003cbr\u003e 9. Image and Machine: Introduction to Thomas Hirschhorn's \u003ci\u003eSpinoza Monument\u003c\/i\u003e, Sebastian Egenhofer \u003cbr\u003e 10. Spinoza, Ratiocination, and Art, Anthony Uhlmann\u003cbr\u003e 11. An Inter-Action: Rembrandt and Spinoza, Mieke Bal and Dimitris Vardoulakis\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Encounters about Life and Death\u003cbr\u003e 12. Power and Ontology between Heidegger and Spinoza, Antonio Negri\u003cbr\u003e 13. A Thought Beyond Dualisms: Creationist and Evolutionist Alike, A. Kiarina Kordela\u003cbr\u003e 14. A Matter of Life and Death: Spinoza and Derrida, Alexander García Düttmann\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52743750091032,"sku":"9780816672813","price":18.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/spinoza-now-paperback-softback-9780816672813","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}