ISBN:
0271035153
,
0271035161
,
9780271035154
,
9780271035161
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 239 S.
,
23 cm
Year of publication:
2009
Series Statement:
Re-reading the canon
DDC:
199/.492
Keywords:
Spinoza, Benedictus de
;
Spinoza, Benedictus de 1632-1677
;
Feminist criticism
;
Feminist criticism
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Spinoza, Benedictus de 1632-1677
;
Feminismus
Abstract:
Introduction: Through Spinoza's "looking glass" / Moira Gatens -- Dominance and difference : a spinozistic alternative to the distinction between "sex" and "gender" / Genevieve Lloyd -- Autonomy and the relational individual : Spinoza and feminism / Aurelia Armstrong -- Spinoza on the pathos of idolatrous love and the hilarity of true love / Amelie Rorty -- Spinoza and sexuality / Alexandre Matheron -- Reason, sexuality, and the self in Spinoza / David West -- What Spinoza can teach us about embodying and naturalizing ethics / Heidi Morrison Ravven -- Adam and the serpent : everyman and the imagination / Paola Grassi -- The envelope : a reading of Spinoza's ethics, "of God" / Luce Irigaray -- Re-reading Irigaray's Spinoza / Sarah Donovan -- The politics of the imagination / Moira Gatens -- Law and sovereignty in Spinoza's politics / Susan James
Abstract:
"A collection of essays on the metaphysical, political, theological, ethical and psychological writings of Spinoza. Examines the ways in which his philosophy presents a resource for the re-conceptualization of friendship, sexuality, politics and ethics in contemporary life"--Provided by publisher
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introduction: Through Spinoza's "looking glass"
,
Dominance and difference : a Spinozistic alternative to the distinction between "sex" and "gender"
,
Autonomy and the relational individual : Spinoza and feminism
,
Spinoza on the pathos of idolatrous love and the hilarity of true love
,
Spinoza and sexuality
,
Reason, sexuality, and the self in Spinoza
,
What Spinoza can teach us about embodying and naturalizing ethics
,
Adam and the serpent : everyman and the imagination
,
The envelope : a reading of Spinoza's ethics, "of God"
,
Re-reading Irigaray's Spinoza
,
The politics of the imagination
,
Law and sovereignty in Spinoza's politics
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