{"product_id":"spinoza-and-politics-9781844672059","title":"Spinoza and Politics","description":"With Hobbes and Locke, Spinoza is arguably one of the most important political philosophers of the modern era, a premier theoretician of democracy and mass politics. In this revised and augmented English translation of his 1985 classic, \u003ci\u003eSpinoza et la Politique\u003c\/i\u003e, Etienne Balibar presents a synoptic account of Spinoza's major works, admirably demonstrating relevance to his contemporary political life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBalibar carefully situates Spinoza's major treatises in the period in which they were written. In successive chapters, he examines the political situation in the United Provinces during Spinoza's lifetime, Spinoza's own religious and ideological associations, the concept of democracy developed in the \u003ci\u003eTheologico-Political Treatise\u003c\/i\u003e, the theory of the state advanced in the \u003ci\u003ePolitical Treatise\u003c\/i\u003e and the anthropological basis for politics established in the \u003ci\u003eEthics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉtienne Balibar\u003c\/b\u003e is a French Marxist philosopher and the most celebrated student of Louis Althusser. He is also one of the leading exponents of French Marxist philosophy and the author of \u003ci\u003eSpinoza and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Marx\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eRace, Nation and Class\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReading Capital.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarren Montag\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at Occidental College, Los Angeles. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBodies, Masses, Power: Spinoza and his Contemporaries\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eUnthinkable Swift\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641464525074,"sku":"9781844672059","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1a568d84-b1ee-4015-89a2-00cbf9df9878.jpg?v=1733018425","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/spinoza-and-politics-9781844672059","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}