Nov 14, 2011 hegel or spinoza is the first englishlanguage translation of the modern classic hegel ou spinoza. Here is a spinoza both hauntingly emblematic and deeply human, both heretic and heroa surprisingly contemporary figure ripe for our own uncertain age. Baruch spinoza biography childhood, life achievements. As the title of the book indicates, he stresses the contrast between leibnizs career as a courtier and adviser to german princes and spinozas meager existence as a heretic jew in holland, rather. Pierre macherey explains the necessity of hegels misreading in the kernel of thought that is indigestible for hegel, which makes the spinozist system move in a way that hegel cannot grasp. What was the significance of this pairing in hegel or spinoza at the time of its first appearance, when interest in hegel was on the wane, or for our own time, when the overwhelming influence of spinoza all but eclipses hegel. Macherey is known for his contribution to reading capital, his influential work in marxist literary criticism, and intensive philosophical engagement with both spinoza and hegel. After reading these essays and the others one should tackle the books by both deleuze and strauss on. Hegel or spinoza is a surgically precise interrogation of the points of misreading of spinoza by hegel. Without an adequate understanding of what spinoza means by idea, which has nothing at all to do with todays usage, the enormity of the uniqueness of spinoza s epistemological revolution will go unnoticed.
Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Spinoza is the dutch philosopher who is the founder of the spinozistic or naturalistic school of philosophy. While spinoza did not condemn marriage, he rejected it for himself, perhaps fearing the ill temper of a woman, and in any case recognizing in matrimony a threat to his scholarly interests. Feb 01, 2003 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The new spinoza articulates that presence, making the influence and significance of spinoza perfectly clear for a new generation of philosophy. Download and read online for free spinoza a novel by auerbach berthold. This fascinating set of encounters with hegel, lacan, foucault, spinoza and others is. The collected works of spinoza provides, for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinoza s writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the originallanguage texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosophers work. The collected works of spinoza provides, for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinozas writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the originallanguage texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosophers work. Discover book depositorys huge selection of pierre macherey books.
Spinoza was born to a marano family in amsterdam holland. The collected works of spinoza provides, for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinozas writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the originallanguage texts. Apr 12, 2007 in his beautifully written book the courtier and the heretic, matthew stewart examines the lives of two great philosophers. A former student of louis althusser and collaborator on the influential volume reading capital, macherey is a central figure in the development of french poststructuralism and marxism. Baruch spinoza or benedict espinoza or bento spinoza november 24, 1632 february 21, 1677 was a jewish philosopher and one of the first jewish secularists. Member of the international league of antiquarian booksellers. Spinoza biography by margaret gullanwhur spinozaauthor. Nov 08, 2015 we kickoff our series of videos dedicated to spinoza s philosophy with a short biography of the dutch philosopher. In reading some of the recent literature on spinoza, i found frequent reference to pierre macherey s book, hegel or spinoza, first published in french in 1977.
The splendidly researched biography by margaret gullanwhur presents a very different picture and is a very different kind of book. Uncorrected paperswallace matson 4 excellent essays on spinoza start there. It is more in the genre of psychobiography, attempting to plumb the depths of spinozas character and claiming that he was far from the saintly but emotionally cool person of tradition. In the jewish and national library in jerusalem, spinozas writings, unlike those of jewish philosophers such as philo of alexandria or maimonides, are not in the judaica reading room, but in the general reading. Klever can be found at the same site a biographical sketch in french has been put up at cerphis website, by pierrefrancois moreau spinoza. This is a most timely translation of pierre machereys 1979 work hegel ou spinoza. Jun, 2016 the collected works of spinoza, volume i. Pierre macherey 1995 abstract this article has no associated abstract. By steven nadler thursday, 31st may 2007 originally published in 2006. Spinozas ethics by spinoza abebooks shop for books. Spinoza is the only thinker to both espouse and explicate the existence and operation of the human mind. Machereys book has the merit of demonstrating how important this project is.
Since then macherey has published a five volume study of spinozas ethics, as well as small books on hegel, on marxs theses on feuerbach. Add one setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your universitys proxy server configure custom proxy use this if your affiliation does not provide a proxy. Hegel or spinoza is the first englishlanguage translation of the modern classic hegel ou spinoza. I would recommend this book as fundamental reading to any person who desires a serious grasp of the universe that is spinoza s thoughts and ideas. The reissue of this work as a routledge classic brings some radical ideas to a new audience, and. The collected works of spinoza provides, for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinoza s writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the originallanguage texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively. It is a discussion and illustration of spinozas on the improvement of the understanding. He finds in spinoza an immanent philosophy that is not subordinated to the. The excommunicated spinoza, no less than his excommunicators, was responding to europes first experiment with racial antisemitism. Indeed, machereys meticulous undoing of hegels reading of spinoza, in order to expose a deeper connection between the two philosophies, nicely accentuates some of the tensions framing recent discussions within contemporary continental political philosophy, where the perceived. He is, as bertrand russell described him, the noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers. Spinoza biography by margaret gullanwhur spinozaauthors blog. In his beautifully written book the courtier and the heretic, matthew stewart examines the lives of two great philosophers.
Baruch spinoza was born to portuguese jews living in exile in holland, but his life among the marranos there was often unsettled. Published in french in 1979, it has been widely influential, particularly in the work of the philosophers alain badiou, antonio negri, and gilles deleuze. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the collected works of spinoza, volume i. Purchase of this book includes free trial access to. Susan ruddick, machereys spinoza and the problem of composition in a posthuman world. Negris untimely spinoza genre duke university press. The renegade jew who gave us modernity rebecca goldstein. In reading some of the recent literature on spinoza, i found frequent reference to pierre machereys book, hegel or spinoza, first published in french in 1977. Baruch spinoza biography baruch spinoza was a dutch philosopher of a jewish origin.
Hegel or spinoza discloses the operative nonknowledges that were active in the violent misreading of macherey. Pierre macherey author of a theory of literary production. This book contains some of the very best articles ive read on spinoza e. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Understandng the life of spinoza will give us some insights on the context in. Jun 14, 2001 spinoza, was one of the first in biblical criticism, and for his pains, was excommunicated. When his rabbi offered him a pension to stop writing and tow the line he replied, i thank you for the trouble you took teaching me hebrew and ill return the favor by teaching you excommunication a man much misunderstood in his time, though time the great healer has now rectified that. Spinoza, was one of the first in biblical criticism, and for his pains, was excommunicated. We kickoff our series of videos dedicated to spinozas philosophy with a short biography of the dutch philosopher.
This is a most timely translation of pierre macherey s 1979 work hegel ou spinoza. The philosophy of spinoza has been receiving a great deal of attention recently, both in europe and the united states. Pierre macherey hegel or spinoza is the first englishlanguage translation of the modern classic hegel ou spinoza. Despite an early rabbinical education, he was expelled from the synagogue at amsterdam for defending heretical opinions in 1656. Pierre macherey not only demonstrates how hegel misread spinoza, but also.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. As warren montag argues, it marked a divergence in the philosophical paths of pierre macherey and his mentor and. Indeed, macherey s meticulous undoing of hegels reading of spinoza, in order to expose a deeper connection between the two philosophies, nicely accentuates some of the tensions framing recent discussions within contemporary continental political philosophy, where the perceived merits, and precise political. Hegel ou spinoza theorie french edition pierre macherey on.
A dialectics of encounter hegel or spinoza first appeared in 1979 after an eightyear nearhiatus in machereys work. Ruddick hegel or spinoza is the first englishlanguage translation of the modern classic hegel ou spinoza. A theory of literary production by pierre macherey, p. Go through this article to know in details about his childhood, life, career, major works and timeline. Pierre macherey provides a surgically precise interrogation of the points of misreading of spinoza by hegel and initiates an encounter that produces a new understanding, a common truth that emerges in the interval that separates the two. The reader is presented with a living debate engaged by firstrate scholars, who come to grips with the ideas of a philosopher seen as one of the few founders of the modern mind.
Originally published in french in 1966, pierre machereys first and most famous work, a theory of literary production dared to challenge perceived wisdom, and quickly established him as a pivotal figure in literary theory. When his rabbi offered him a pension to stop writing and tow the line he replied, i thank you for the trouble you took teaching me hebrew and ill return the favor by teaching you excommunication a man much misunderstood in his time, though time the great. We specialize in spinozana, christian hebraists, scholarly periodicals in the fields of judaica and biblestudies, german judaica, jewish. Whereas studies of spinoza in english have emphasized the logic of the ethics, these essays instead focus on the marginal and developmental moments that have had such a profound effect on french thought. The twentyfive articles collected for this anthology display a wide range of interpretations to central themes in spinoza s philosophy. Spinoza the atheist this reconsideration by steven nadler is the first in a series on philosophers who have particular, if sometimes unacknowledged, significance for humanists. The book displays a panoramic picture of spinoza scholarship.