Between Hegel and Spinoza: A Volume of Critical Essays (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781472568182)

Recent
work in political philosophy and the history of ideas presents Spinoza and
Hegel as the most powerful living alternatives to mainstream Enlightenment
thought. Yet, for many philosophers and political theorists today, one must
choose between Hegel or Spinoza. As Deleuze's influential interpretation
maintains, Hegel exemplifies and promotes the modern "cults of death," while
Spinoza embodies an irrepressible "appetite for living." Hegel is the figure of
negation, while Spinoza is the thinker of "pure affirmation". Yet, between
Hegel and Spinoza there is not only opposition. This collection of essays seeks
to find the suppressed kinship between Hegel and Spinoza. Both philosophers
offer vigorous and profound alternatives to the methodological individualism of
classical liberalism. Likewise, they sketch portraits of reason that are
context-responsive and emotionally contoured, offering an especially rich appreciation
of our embodied and historical existence. The authors of this collection
carefully lay the groundwork for a complex and delicate alliance between these
two great iconoclasts, both within and against the Enlightenment tradition.

Author: Hasana Sharp
ISBN-10: 1472568184
ISBN-13: 9781472568182
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 04/10/2014
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.54d