{"product_id":"spinozas-theological-political-treatise-a-critical-guide-hardback-9780521882293","title":"Spinoza's 'Theological-Political Treatise'; A Critical Guide (Hardback) 9780521882293","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSpinoza's 'Theological-Political Treatise'\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Critical Guide\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explores the debates surrounding Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise, covering topics such as political theory, metaphysics and religious toleration.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eYitzhak Y. Melamed (Edited by), Michael A. Rosenthal (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521882293, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 November 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e310 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.9 x 2 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise: A Critical Guide is a delightful book,  an impressive demonstration of erudition and scholarship. The presentation is clear and forthright.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--George L?z?roiu, PhD, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, New York\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSpinoza's Theological-Political Treatise was published anonymously in 1670 and immediately provoked huge debate. Its main goal was to claim that the freedom of philosophizing can be allowed in a free republic and that it cannot be abolished without also destroying the peace and piety of that republic. Spinoza criticizes the traditional claims of revelation and offers a social contract theory in which he praises democracy as the most natural form of government. This Critical Guide presents essays by well-known scholars in the field and covers a broad range of topics, including the political theory and the metaphysics of the work, religious toleration, the reception of the text by other early modern philosophers and the relation of the text to Jewish thought. It offers valuable perspectives on this important and influential work.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Yitzhak Y. Melamed and Michael Rosenthal\u003cbr\u003e 1. Spinoza's exchange with Albert Burgh Edwin Curley\u003cbr\u003e 2. The text of Spinoza's Tractatus Theologico-Politicus Piet Steenbakkers\u003cbr\u003e 3. Spinoza on Ibn Ezra's Secret of the Twelve Warren Zev Harvey\u003cbr\u003e 4. Reflections of the medieval Jewish-Christian debate in the Theological-Political Treatise and the Epistles Daniel J. Lasker\u003cbr\u003e 5. The early Dutch and German reaction to the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus: foreshadowing the Enlightenment's more general Spinoza reception? Jonathan Israel\u003cbr\u003e 6. G. W. Leibniz's two readings of the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus Mogens Laerke\u003cbr\u003e 7. The metaphysics of the Theological-Political Treatise Yitzhak Y. Melamed\u003cbr\u003e 8. Spinoza's conception of law: metaphysics and ethics Donald Rutherford\u003cbr\u003e 9. Getting his hands dirty: Spinoza's criticism of the rebel Michael Della Rocca\u003cbr\u003e 10. 'Promising' ideas: Hobbes and contract in Spinoza's political philosophy Don Garrett\u003cbr\u003e 11. Spinoza's curious defense of toleration Justin Steinberg\u003cbr\u003e 12. Miracles, wonder, and the state in Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise Michael A. Rosenthal\u003cbr\u003e 13. Narrative as the means to freedom: Spinoza on the uses of imagination Susan James\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Jewish studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Jewish studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Jewish%20studies%20%5BJFSR1%5D%22\"\u003eJFSR1\u003c\/a\u003e], History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265333383448,"sku":"9780521882293","price":50.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521882293i.jpg?v=1692021778","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/spinozas-theological-political-treatise-a-critical-guide-hardback-9780521882293","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}