His books include reading capital with louis althusser, new left books 1970. The politics of spinozism composition and communication alberto toscano. Balibar s philosophical archive is extensive and deephe thinks with hobbes, spinoza, hegel, weber, luxemburg, lacan, derrida, and, of course, his beloved and inexhaustible marx. In spinoza and politics, balibar explores the thought of spinoza with a zeal and alacrity that brings home many of spinozas timeless ideas in political philosophy, even for those who have never read spinoza himself. Issn print 09668373 balibar, etienne 2011 cosmopolitanism and secularism. More specifically, i will be concerned with how spinoza has. 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. Etienne balibars marxist spinoza by klein, julie r. Etienne balibar, spinoza, the transindividual, translated. Spinoza and politics etienne balibar, warren montag. He served as a professor at paris nanterre university and was a distinguished professor of humanities at the university of california irvine.
The new spinoza articulates that presence, making the influence and significance of spinoza perfectly clear for a new generation of philosophy. 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 includes a rare engagement by balibar with psychoanalysis and freuds social thought offers new readings. Notes on philosophy and politics in etienne balibar mohamed moulfi. Major books written by balibar include spinoza and politics 1985, race, nation, classwith immanuel wallerstein, 1991, the philosophy of marx 1993. Etienne balibar he has addressed such questions as european racism, the notion of the border, whether a european citizenship is possible or desirable, violence, identity and emancipation. Etienne balibar, 1980li yillarin baslarinda ogrencilerine verdigi derslerden hareketle yazdigi bu kitapta spinoza felsefesinin yakin bir okumasini yaparak.
Balibar and the citizen subject edinburgh university press. Balibar then goes on to devote a chapter each to three spinoza works. In spinoza and politics, balibar explores the thought of spinoza with a zeal and alacrity that brings home many of spinozas timeless ideas in political philosophy, even for those who have never read spinoza. His books include reading capital with louis althusser 1965, on the dictatorship. Spinoza and politics by etienne balibar and warren montag.
Etienne balibar is emeritus professor at paris x nanterre and anniversary chair. I always preserve natural right unimpaired, and i maintain that in each state the supreme magistrate has no more right over his subjects than it has greater power over them. Etienne balibar he is also one of the leading exponents of french marxist philosophy and the author of spinoza and politics, the philosophy of marx and co. But its origins stem from the early modern period, in medieval iconographies of sacred kinship and the critique of traditional sovereignty mounted by hobbes and spinoza. Formaty na czytniki kindle, pocketbook oraz telefony z systemami android, ios, windows. A catalog record for this book is available from che library of congress. Etienne balibar, one of the foremost living french philosophers, builds on his. Etienne balibar is a french marxist philosopher and the most celebrated student of louis althusser. One example is the famous formula from the eighteenth brumaire. He is also one of the leading exponents of french marxist philosophy and the author of spinoza and politics, the philosophy of marx and coauthor of. In successive chapters balibar he examines the political situation in the united provinces during spinozas lifetime, spinozas own religious and ideological associations, the concept of democracy. Spinoza and politics by etienne balibar, warren montag. He has taught at the university of paris xnanterre. Etienne balibar was born in avallon france in 1942.
In this book, graham hammill and julia reinhard lupton. One of the most important books on spinoza to appear in the last 30 years. He holds positions as anniversary chair in modern european philosophy at kingston university, visiting professor of french and comparative literature at columbia university, distinguished professor emeritus of french and italian and distinguished professor emeritus of comparative literature at the university of california. Balibar, etienne 2012 spinoza s three gods and the modes of communication. This seminar resulted in the book reading capital, coauthored by althusser and his students. An anthology was recently published in the united states called the new spinoza which shows the divergences as well as the convergences between the different people working in. A dialogue between alain badiou and etienne balibar on universalism, university of california irvine, february 2, 2007 etienne balibar s lecture spinoza s three gods and the modes of communication at the conference of the birkbeck institute for the humanities thinking with spinoza. Spinoza, the transindividual edinburgh university press. Tractatus theologicopoliticus, tractatus politicus, and the ethics. Etienne balibar, being a prolific marxist philosopher, seems very much in his element in spinozas system. Political theology and early modernity, hammill, lupton. With hobbes and locke, spinoza is arguably one of the most impo. Etienne balibar succinct and informative fredric jameson. I had only read bits of spinoza s ethics when i read this book, and the bits i had read.
Practical philosophy by gilles deleuze, looking for spinoza. Braided together by his singular philosophical imagination and passion for justice, balibar s subtle readings result in nothing less than revolutionary political. Balibar concludes his book with an essay on politics and communication. With hobbes and locke, spinoza is arguably one of the most important political philosophers of the modern era, a premier theoretician of. Political theology is a distinctly modern problem, one that takes shape in some of the most important theoretical writings of the twentieth and twentyfirst centuries. Verso, 1991, the philosophy of marx, spinoza and politics, politics and the. Professor etienne balibar academic profiles kingston. Balibar sets himself the task of elucidating the intersection, or unity, between spinozas metaphysics and his political works. The collective work of althusser and balibar published as reading capital 1968 stands as a primary text in this series. Etienne balibar on universalism, university of california irvine, february 2, 2007. In balibar s 1985 spinoza and politics, he follows a complex and compelling trajectory through spinoza s tractatus theologicopoliticus, and the ethics, to show how a political structure of democracy is articulated through the reflections on religion, specifically on god, law, nature, and love. With hobbes and locke, spinoza is arguably one of the most. Spinoza is said to lament the degeneration of religion into. If minds and bodies exist and act within and by virtue of the mass of which they are a part, each of us knows and feels by virtue of.
In this contribution, balibar follows his seminal 1993 work applying the notion of the transindividual to spinoza s work, to produce a broader history of thinking the transindividual that brings both karl marx and sigmund freud into relation with spinoza, devoting a section to each of these thinkers. Etienne balibar, warren montag, peter snowdon a rich analysis of spinoza s key works within the context of his political, religious and ideological life. Balibar believes that spinozas political works are already a metaphysics an ontology of powers and their relations and his metaphysics are already a politics again, an ontology of powers and their relations. Part iv, where spinoza discusses the ethical question of a model exemplar of human nature. Balibar sets himself the task of elucidating the intersection, or unity, between spinozas metaphysics and his.
His previous books in english include masses, classes, ideas, politics and the other scene, race, nation, class with immanuel wallerstein, reading capital with louis althusser, spinoza and politics, and the philosophy of marx. We are republishing our translation of his interview with relations about racism, nationalism and xenophobia in the aftermath of the paris. Balibar begins his book, therefore, by giving a very brief outline of the political debates and power struggles of the dutch republic at the time spinoza was writing. Balibar is the author of such books as reading capital and identity and difference. Balibar and the philosophy of science giorgos fourtounis. Etienne balibar 1997 authors etienne balibar kingston university. Balibar s reflections in violence and civility, as elsewhere in his work, are subtle and at times profound. 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. Spinoza and politics by etienne balibar, 9781844672059, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. In his letter of 2 june 1674 to his close friend jarig jelles, spinoza addressed the profound difference between hobbes and himself. Etienne balibar, and our guest in this colloquium, antonio negri.
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