Spinoza for Our Time

Politics and Postmodernity
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-231-22419-2
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 178 mm

Reihe: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture

Antonio Negri, one of the world's leading scholars on Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) and his contemporary legacy, offers a straightforward explanation of the philosopher's elaborate arguments and a persuasive case for his ongoing relevance. Responding to a resurgent interest in Spinoza's thought and its potential application to contemporary global issues, Negri demonstrates the thinker's special value to politics, philosophy, and related disciplines.

Negri's work is both a return to and an advancement of his initial affirmation of Spinozian thought in The Savage Anomaly. He further defends his understanding of the philosopher as a proto-postmodernist, or a thinker who is just now, with the advent of the postmodern, becoming contemporary. Negri also connects Spinoza's theories to recent trends in political philosophy, particularly the reengagement with Carl Schmitt's "political theology," and the history of philosophy, including the argument that Spinoza belongs to a "radical enlightenment." By positioning Spinoza as a contemporary revolutionary intellectual, Negri addresses and effectively challenges twentieth-century critiques of the thinker waged by Jacques Derrida, Alain Badiou, and Giorgio Agamben.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Negri, Antonio

Weitere Mitwirkende

Mccuaig, William

Gangle, Jonathan "Rocco"

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Befreiungstheologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Dekonstruktivismus, Strukturalismus, Poststrukturalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, by Rocco Gangle
Translator's Note
Introduction: Spinoza and Us
1. Spinoza: A Heresy of Immanence and of Democracy
2. Potency and Ontology: Heidegger or Spinoza
3. Multitude and Singularity in the Development of the Spinoza's Political Thought
4. Spinoza: A Sociology of the Affects
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Negri, Antonio
Antonio Negri (1933–2023) was an Italian philosopher and political activist. He was a prominent figure in the left-wing operaismo movement in the 1960s and ’70s. He is best known for his writings on globalization—particularly the highly influential volume Empire (co-authored with Michael Hardt)—but he also wrote on subjects as various as Vladimir Lenin, Baruch Spinoza, and the Book of Job.

Antonio Negri (1933–2023) was a world-renowned theorist who taught political philosophy at the University of Padua, the University of Vincennes, and College Internationale de Philosophie. His books include Factory of Strategy: Thirty-Three Lessons on Lenin (Columbia, 2014). With Michael Hardt, he coauthored the best-selling trilogy, Empire, Multitude, and Commonwealth.

William McCuaig is the translator of many books by Gianni Vattimo, including A Farewell to Truth (Columbia, 2011).

Rocco Gangle is professor of philosophy at Endicott College.