Spinoza, the Epicurean: Authority and Utility in Materialism

by Dimitris Vardoulakis

Through a radical new reading of the 'Theological Political Treatise', Dimitris Vardoulakis argues that the major source of Spinoza's materialism is the Epicurean tradition that re-emerges in modernity when manuscripts by Epicurus and Lucretius are rediscovered. This reconsideration of Spinoza's political project, set within a historical context, lays the ground for an alternative genealogy of materialism. Central to this new reading of Spinoza are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147447604X
• ISBN13: 9781474476041
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"