Spinoza on philosophy, religion, and politics
Subtitle: the theologico-political treatise
By: Susan James
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780199698127
Subjects: Religion; Philosophy; Political science; Political and social views
Description: Spinoza's Theologico-political treatise is simultaneously a work of philosophy and a piece of practical politics. It defends religious pluralism, a republican form of political organization, and the freedom to philosophize, with a determination that is extremely rare in seventeenth-century thought. But it is also a fierce and polemical intervention in a series of Dutch disputes over issues about which Spinoza and his opponents cared very deeply.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-338) and index.
Table of contents: title: Spinoza's project; title: Meaning of prophecy; title: What divine law is not; title: What divine law is; title: Worship; title: The meaning of scripture; title: Putting the interpretative method to work; title: True religion; title: Theology and philosophy; title: Life in a republic : the lessons of philosophy; title: Life in a republic : the lessons of theology; title: Sovereignty and freedom.