Category Archives: Baruch Spinoza

Jason Read, The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work – Verso, February 2024

Posted on October 25, 2023 by stuartelden

Jason Read, The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work – Verso, February 2024 In a world of declining wages, working conditions, and instability, the response for many has been to work harder, increasing hours and finding various ways … Continue reading →

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Jonathan I. Israel, Spinoza, Life and Legacy – Oxford University Press, August 2023

Posted on May 27, 2023 by stuartelden

Jonathan I. Israel, Spinoza, Life and Legacy – Oxford University Press, August 2023 A massive, 1,344 page study of Spinoza… A biography of the boldest and most unsettling of the early modern philosophers, Spinoza, which examines the man’s life, relationships, … Continue reading →

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Stephen Connelly, Leibniz: A Contribution to the Archaeology of Power – Edinburgh University Press, March 2021

Posted on January 12, 2021 by stuartelden

Stephen Connelly, Leibniz: A Contribution to the Archaeology of Power – Edinburgh University Press, March 2021 A critical reading of Leibniz’s legal theory, linking law, space and power  Contributes to an archaeology of power Investigates the deep link between law, … Continue reading →

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Etienne Balibar, Spinoza, the Transindividual, translated by Mark G. E. Kelly, Edinburgh University Press, September 2020 (and review by Dan Taylor)

Posted on April 14, 2020 by stuartelden

Etienne Balibar, Spinoza, the Transindividual, translated by Mark G. E. Kelly, Edinburgh University Press, September 2020 One of the most important books on Spinoza to appear in the last 30 years, written by one of the foremost living French philosophers … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault Update 22: Acéphale, Critique, Foucault’s thesis, Uppsala, Sussex

Posted on December 14, 2018 by stuartelden

In the second half of term I felt I made little progress, but have done a little reading and research in and around teaching, marking, meetings and other tasks. I did write the Introduction to a translation, which should be … Continue reading →

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Deleuze seminars – some more translated into English

Posted on September 6, 2018 by stuartelden

Some more of Deleuze’s seminars have been translated into English – details here, and more are forthcoming. Ones currently available include lectures on Anti-Oedipus, Spinoza, painting, and Foucault. The site has the French text and audio as well as the … Continue reading →

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Book censorship in Turkey including Althusser, Spinoza and Camus

Posted on November 22, 2017 by stuartelden

Thanks to G.M. Goshgarian for bringing this to my attention – Books come under suspicion in post-coup Turkey. This obviously needs to be seen in the wider context of Turkish politics, but seems indicative of what is being reported about academics … Continue reading →

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Althusser, Spinoza and Revolution in Philosophy: An Interview with Warren Montag

Posted on February 2, 2017 by stuartelden

Althusser, Spinoza and Revolution in Philosophy: An Interview with Warren Montag in Salvage. A fascinating discussion of Althusser, Jonathan Swift, Pierre Macherey, Adam Smith and others.

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The Arts of Spinoza + Pacific Spinoza, Auckland, 26-28 May 2017

Posted on October 28, 2016 by stuartelden

The Arts of Spinoza + Pacific Spinoza Interstices Under Construction symposium, 26-28 May 2017 Auckland University of Technology and University of Auckland, New Zealand Plenaries / keynotes include: Moira Gatens, Challis Professor of Philosophy, University of Sydney Michael LeBuffe, Baier Chair, Early Modern … Continue reading →

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Reading the Classics of Western Philosophy

Posted on October 9, 2012 by stuartelden

List below and survey here. The queston asked is how many of these have you read. And the whole of these books, not some, not an abbreviated form. I’m claiming 18 of these, and bits, sometimes substantial, of others. Never read any Sidgwick, Moore, … Continue reading →

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