The Trials of Spinoza
Publisher: Seagull Books
Published: Mar 15, 2011
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 61
ISBN-13: 9781906497842
Description: Born in Amsterdam into a family of Sephardic Jews who had to take refuge there after they were expelled from Portugal, the precocious young scholar imbibed skepticism at an early age. By the time he was twenty-four, he had challenged what he called the "fairy tales" of the Old Testament and was excommunicated by the Synagogue. In this biographical play, Tariq Ali contextualizes Spinoza's philosophy by linking it to the turbulent politics of the period, in which Spinoza was deeply involved.