The Metaphysics of De Sade

Entropy, Modality and Quantity
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-032-08011-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 306 g

This book present Sade’s core metaphysical commitments as a coherent and logical system. It analyses his central ontological principle of entropy and shows that Sade endorsed neither egoism nor materialism but was a forerunner to 19th Century thermodynamics. It then turns to his philosophy of money and finance, including his critique of phenomenology, his axiology, and his attack on theories of expected utility. It concludes by considering the extent to which a normative ethical theory can be salvaged from his otherwise largely deconstructive opus.

is essential reading for all scholars and researchers of early modern philosophy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Husbands, Conor

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Aufklärung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 18. Jahrhundert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Introduction: On the Necessity of a Sadean Metaphysics.- 2: Sade’s Entropic Monism.- 3: Money, Finance and Value in Sade.- 4: Sade’s Philosophy of Language.- 5: Conclusion: On the Possibility of a Sadean Ethics.

Über Autor(innen)

Conor Husbands is a UK based philosophical scholar with a broad variety of metaphysical research interests. He has previously published  with Palgrave (2022). His other previous publications include : (2020) and (2021). He holds an MPhysPhil in Physics & Philosophy from the University of Oxford.