Spinoza, the Epicurean: Authority and Utility in Materialism

Dimitris Vardoulakis

Spinoza, the Epicurean

Authority and Utility in Materialism

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Dimitris Vardoulakis, University of Western Sydney, Australia

Publisher:: Edinburgh University Press
Online publication date:: October 2020
Print publication year:: 2020
Online ISBN:: 9781474476072

Subjects:: Philosophy: General Interest, Philosophy

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By radically re-reading the 'Theological Political Treatise', Dimitris Vardoulakis argues that Spinoza's Epicurean influence has profound implications for his conception of politics and ontology. This reconsideration of Spinoza's political project, set within a historical context, lays the ground for an alternative genealogy of materialism.

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Spinoza, the Epicurean

Authority and Utility in Materialism

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vii

Reference Guide to Spinoza’s Work
pp viii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-ix

Dedication
pp x-x

Preamble
pp 1-9

Introduction: Why is Spinoza an Epicurean?
pp 10-47

1 - Freedom as Overcoming the Fear of Death: The Dialectic of Authority and Utility in the Preface
pp 48-75

2 - The Power of Error: Moses, the Prophets and the People (chapters 1, 2 and 3)
pp 76-108

3 - Philonomianism: Law and the Origin of Finitude (chapter 4)
pp 109-140

4 - Political Monism: The Primacy of Utility over Authority (chapters 5 and 6)
pp 141-171

5 - Love your Friend as Yourself: The Neighbour and the Politics of Biblical Hermeneutics (chapters 7 to 13)
pp 172-202

6 - The Freedom to Philosophize: The Two Paths to Virtue (chapters 14 and 15)
pp 203-231

7 - Fear and Power: Natural Right and Authorization in Spinoza and Hobbes (chapter 16)
pp 232-262

8 - Theocracy: On the State of Authority (chapters 17 and 18)
pp 263-295

9 - The Authority to Abrogate: The Two Paths to Virtue and the Internal Enemy (chapters 19 and 20)
pp 296-321

Conclusion: The Limitation of Spinoza’s Epicureanism
pp 322-327

Bibliography
pp 328-344

Index
pp 345-347

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