In this revised and augmented English translation of his 1985 work, "Spinoza et la Politique", Etienne Balibar presents a synoptic acccount of Spinoza's major works, demonstrating his relevance to contemporary political life. This study situates Spinoza's major treatises in the period in which they were written. In successive chapters, it examines the political situation in the United Provinces during Spinoza's lifetime. Spinoza's own concept of democracy developed in the "Theologico-Political Treatise", the theory of the state advanced in the "Political Treatise" and the anthropological basis for politics established in the "Ethics". Etienne Balibar is the author of "Masses, Classes and Ideas" and "Reading Capital", and co-author (with Immanuel Wallerstein) of "Race, Nation, Class".
- ISBN10 185984801X
- ISBN13 9781859848012
- Publish Date 23 June 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 July 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Verso Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 128
- Language English